4 November 2026 · Kateřina Mahdalová
How Trump lost the Republicans the Congress
Democrats won both chambers of the US Congress in the November 2026 midterms. Voters punished the president mainly for high prices and the war with Iran, and commentators from the left and the right broadly agree on that.
In numbers
- 38 % of voters approve of Trump's performance, 62 % do not (AP Voter Poll, about 80,000 voters)
- The Democrats flipped seven Republican Senate seats, including Texas and Kansas
- 41 of the 50 states are smaller than Czechia, yet they hold 82 of 100 senators and 48.8 % of Americans
- Before the election the Republican Senate majority represented 46.6 % of Americans; the new 54 Democratic senators represent 63.4 %
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Figures as of 4 November 2026, as published in the article. The article is in Czech.