Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s US Senate race is historic for more than one reason. By becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, the Egyptian-American physician and progressive politician has broken a significant religious barrier in American politics. But his campaign also did something arguably just as important: it presented a different, more personal and relatable image of what it means to be Muslim in America.

At a time when Muslims in the United States are frequently discussed through the lens of terrorism, extremism, immigration and national security, El-Sayed offered something rather different. Through his family life, humour, social media presence and political style, he presented himself not simply as a Muslim politician, but as a father, husband, neighbour and ordinary American.

Who is Abdul El-Sayed?

Born in the United States to Egyptian immigrant parents, El-Sayed is a physician, public health expert and former director of the Wayne County Department of Health in Michigan.

He first attracted national attention in 2018 when he ran for governor of Michigan, although he lost the Democratic primary. He subsequently continued building a progressive political profile, campaigning for universal healthcare, economic equality and reducing corporate influence in politics.

His 2026 Senate campaign culminated in victory over Republican Mike Rogers, making him the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. His achievement came despite repeated attacks on his Muslim identity, including attempts by Donald Trump and other Republicans to associate him with extremism and question his loyalty to America. El-Sayed rejected those accusations.

His victory is therefore significant not only as a political breakthrough but also against the backdrop of continuing Islamophobia in American public life.

The softer, more personal image of a Muslim father

One particularly interesting aspect of El-Sayed’s campaign was how he used social media to give voters a glimpse into his family life.

In an Instagram video shared towards the end of October, titled Bedtime Duties, El-Sayed took viewers into his home, showing aspects of his nighttime routine with his daughters.

After spending long days campaigning, he reflected on the bittersweet experience of returning home, the joy of seeing his children and the sadness of missing ordinary moments in their lives while travelling around Michigan.

It was a relatively simple video, but its significance was worth noting. Rather than presenting himself through political speeches or religious arguments, he allowed audiences to see an everyday side of his life: a father spending time with his children, sharing bedtime responsibilities and trying to balance family commitments with a demanding career.

For Muslim audiences, there was an additional dimension. At a time when Muslim men are sometimes stereotyped in Western political discourse, the video offered a visible example of an affectionate, involved father.

The point is not that Muslim fatherhood needs to be demonstrated to non-Muslims. Rather, it showed how ordinary family experiences can challenge stereotypes without requiring a political argument.

It was a reminder that Muslims, like everyone else, navigate the familiar challenges of parenting, work and family life.

Humour, wit and the Obama comparison

Another feature that helped El-Sayed stand out was his sense of humour and willingness to use witty banter rather than simply deliver conventional political soundbites.

One memorable example involved former President Barack Obama. El-Sayed had criticised aspects of Obama’s presidency, including his approach to drone strikes and foreign policy. When discussing his relationship with Obama, he drew a relatable comparison: loving your father does not mean agreeing with everything he has ever done.

The analogy captured his position neatly. He could appreciate Obama’s historical importance and acknowledge his influence while retaining the freedom to disagree with his policies.

It also demonstrated El-Sayed’s ability to communicate complicated political positions through everyday experiences. Rather than becoming defensive, he used humour to make his argument accessible.

His willingness to deploy sarcasm and sharp comebacks when responding to attacks on his Muslim identity similarly became part of his public persona. He did not always approach hostility with solemnity; sometimes, he used humour to expose what he considered the absurdity of his opponents’ arguments.

What does his victory mean for Muslims?

For Muslim Americans, El-Sayed’s election represents an important breakthrough in political representation. It demonstrates that a Muslim can reach the highest levels of American political leadership without concealing his religious identity.

For younger Muslims, particularly those who have grown up witnessing Islamophobia after 9/11, his achievement offers a different picture of what political participation can look like.

Internationally, his victory will resonate across the Muslim world, particularly among communities concerned about the treatment of Muslims in Western societies and American policy towards Palestine.

His criticism of US military assistance to Israel and his willingness to discuss Palestinian suffering will make his position particularly relevant to international audiences. However, his election does not automatically translate into changes in American foreign policy, nor does he represent all Muslims.

More than the first Muslim senator

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of El-Sayed’s rise is that he did not rely solely on his Muslim identity to connect with voters.

He showed audiences a Muslim father putting his daughters to bed, a husband speaking about family, a politician joking about former presidents and a public figure prepared to challenge powerful political opponents.

His victory is therefore about more than breaking a religious barrier. It is also about visibility, normalisation and the ability of Muslim Americans to define their own identities rather than have them defined by political opponents.

For Muslims watching around the world, the message is significant: representation is not simply about having someone who shares your faith in a position of power. It is also about seeing someone whose everyday humanity is allowed to be visible.

State Representative James Talarico won the US Senate race in Texas on Tuesday, according to ​media projections, defeating President Donald Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton ‌to end Democrats’ 32-year statewide losing streak and give his party a major boost in the battle for Senate control.

It was a striking ​Democratic breakthrough in a state Republicans have long ​dominated. Trump carried the state by 14 percentage points ⁠in 2024. Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has been at ​the center of controversies that include a 2023 impeachment and ​a securities fraud case.

Talarico, a four-term state legislator and one of the nation’s top Senate fundraisers, overcame heavy outside spending in the most ​expensive Senate race of the cycle. He began as an ​underdog against former US Representative Colin Allred, the 2024 Democratic Senate nominee, ‌who ⁠later withdrew to run for Congress again.

Talarico went on to defeat US Representative Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic nomination, dealing a political blow to his former state legislative colleague.

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Republicans spent ​more than $316 million ​to retain ⁠the seat. Republican US Senator John Cornyn was ousted in a primary runoff after Trump ​endorsed Paxton. Republican leaders had viewed Cornyn as ​the ⁠stronger general-election candidate.

Paxton used his role as attorney general to sue former President Joe Biden’s administration more than 100 times.

Republicans held ⁠a ​53-47 Senate majority going into Tuesday’s elections, ​with Democrats needing a net gain of four seats to take control.

WASHINGTON: The Democrats’ midterm election win puts Hakeem Jeffries in line to become the first Black speaker of the US House of Representatives, with the dual challenge of opposing ​President Donald Trump while bridging the gap between his party’s moderates and its more vocal progressives.

As speaker, Jeffries, representing a New York City congressional district, would preside over a majority that will ‌be sworn in the first week of January, taking the reins from Republicans who controlled the House for the past four years.

“Today begins the great American comeback,” Jeffries proclaimed in a victory speech late on Tuesday after media outlets projected the likelihood of Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.

He attacked the Trump-led Republican agenda in Congress over the past two years, pledging to pass legislation reversing steep spending cuts — enacted into law on July 4, 2025 — to the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor and people with ​disabilities.

Democrats projected to win majority control of US House, US media project

“The American people have spoken and made clear that they’ve had enough of the extremism, enough of the corruption. They want a Congress that’s going to deliver for the American people,” Jeffries said.

Jeffries has ​long said that, while his caucus would focus on helping the poor and middle class cope with the high cost of living, Democrats would also investigate the Trump ⁠administration’s dealings with corporate executives, including those who have donated heavily to his various campaigns and projects.

He has stopped short of saying the House, under his leadership, would attempt to impeach Trump for a third time.

Democratic Representative ​Robert Garcia of California, who is expected to become chair of the House Committee on Oversight, had two words of advice. “Lawyer up,” he said in an election night statement.

With votes still being counted across much of the country ​after Tuesday’s elections, the size of the Democratic majority in the House for the next two years was unclear.

The House speaker acts as the boss of the often boisterous 435-member chamber, deciding what legislation advances to a vote or dies on the vine. The House speaker is second in line for the presidency, after Vice President JD Vance.

Later this month, the newly elected House Democrats will gather behind closed doors to anoint their candidate to run in the January election for speaker. Nobody is seen posing a serious ​threat to Jeffries, according to multiple Democratic aides.

Weeks later, with the start of a new Congress, the full House will vote to select the 57th speaker since 1789, with Republicans putting up their own candidate who will be ​all but certain to fail.

But Jeffries still has some work to do in nailing down the support of several far-left progressives, such as fellow New Yorker and Representative-elect Darializa Avila Chevalier.

In a September 30 interview with Vanity Fair, Avila Chevalier would ‌not commit to ⁠voting for Jeffries.

Instead, she gave a list of policies she said the next speaker must support: voting rights reforms, public housing investments, blocking offensive weapons to Israel, and universal healthcare.

However, pro-Israel groups are among Jeffries’ biggest campaign contributors, and he has been cool toward proposals for a “Medicare for All” healthcare program, which many moderate Democrats fear will be too costly.

“The question is what he has to give them to get them on board,” said Michele Swers, a Georgetown University professor of American government.

Tacking too far to the left, however, could cause a revolt among Democratic moderates.

Affordability above all else

Jeffries, 56, is known as a consensus-builder within his caucus, in contrast to the top-down style of former ​Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Yet he knows how to throw ​punches, particularly to rally the troops.

“In the majority, one ⁠of the first things we’re going to do is run Pete Hegseth out of town,” Jeffries said at a political rally just three days before Tuesday’s midterms.

But Jeffries’ mantra has been that Democrats will attack the “affordability crisis,” which voters repeatedly cite as their top concern.

“America is too expensive” has been his refrain in public appearances.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed claims victory in Michigan Senate battle

A senior House Democratic ​aide said there is a series of bills he could lead off with that likely would unite Democrats: an expanded child tax credit that Trump and Republicans ​in Congress let expire, a ⁠housing tax credit to make home-buying more affordable, ending the war in Iran, bringing back subsidies for clean energy, and renewing some “Obamacare” healthcare subsidies.

That would be low-hanging fruit, some of which Trump could veto. Jeffries’ tougher challenge will be to reach across the aisle to pass critical legislation. That would include raising the debt limit for US borrowing, to avoid a government default, and approving federal spending, to avoid a government shutdown.

Jeffries will also spearhead other Democratic priorities such as protecting ⁠Social Security, undoing $900 ​billion in Republican cuts to Medicaid, and revamping immigration laws.

Kate deGruyter, a spokeswoman at Third Way, a moderate Democratic consultancy, said he should ​resist calls from progressives to impeach the president.

“I don’t think having a huge impeachment fight over the president is going to be helpful,” she said.

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Newly elected progressives are “likely to come to Washington expecting to be able to change the universe starting on day one,” said David Miller, ​professor of government at American University. Jeffries’ challenge will be to temper those expectations “given that Democrats don’t control the White House.”

WASHINGTON: Three-term Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott lost to Democratic state Representative ‌Gina Hinojosa in a stunning upset that ends the Republican Party’s three-decade hold on the governor’s office, US media projected on Tuesday.

Hinojosa makes history as the first Hispanic elected to lead the state. No Democrat has won statewide office in ​Texas since 1994, the longest drought in the nation.

It was another surprising result during a strong ​night for Democrats, who were projected to win control of both the House of Representatives and the ⁠Senate with victories in conservative states such as South Carolina and Kansas.

Hinojosa’s strategy hinged in part ​on persuading Latino voters that rising costs and strained public schools matter more than the cultural ​war issues that have pulled many Latino voters toward Republicans in recent years.

“We are as Texan and American as anyone,” she said in a July interview with Reuters in Austin. “Latinos are feeling the economic strain just like families ​all across this country and in Texas in a big way.”

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed claims victory in Michigan Senate battle

Abbott spent years cultivating support in ​South Texas, regularly visiting heavily Latino border communities, building an extensive field operation in the Rio Grande Valley ‌and making ⁠border security a centerpiece of his outreach.

Hinojosa emerged as an unexpected competitor to one of the best-known and best-funded Republican governors in the country.

Her win comes alongside that of State Representative James Talarico’s victory in the US Senate race in Texas, according to media projections. He defeated President Donald ​Trump-backed Republican candidate Ken ​Paxton.

The Democratic wins were ⁠a result of Latinos turning out to vote, motivated by affordability concerns and Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, according to Voto Latino Executive Director Beatriz ​Lopez.

The organization, which works to register and mobilize Latino voters, registered about ​400,000 voters ⁠in Texas this election cycle and hopes to carry the momentum into the 2028 presidential election.

“This is a Texas sweep,” she said. “It has literally put Texas on the map as a battleground state - and ⁠that changes ​everything now and into 2028.”

Hinojosa’s win is part of a ​broader Democratic rout in Republican bastions as voters rejected Trump, his handling of the economy and the war with Iran.

DETROIT: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed said early Wednesday that he had won a US Senate seat in Michigan over former Republican lawmaker Mike Rogers, which would make him the first Muslim elected to the upper chamber of Congress.

“Michigan, we did it!” El-Sayed said in a speech at his election headquarters in Detroit.

“I am so proud and honored to stand here as your senator-elect from the great state of Michigan.”

El-Sayed won despite a last-minute hiccup in his campaign when congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, came out in support of Rogers at the 11th hour.

The Michigan doctor rallied voters on leftist campaign promises, including universal health care, to hold a key US Senate seat for Democrats, taking over from the retiring Gary Peters.

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Republicans ran a scorched-earth campaign to paint Democrats as communists and branded El-Sayed a terrorist who would endanger Americans.

But the straight-talking 42-year-old El-Sayed pledged to help cash-strapped voters navigate America’s thorny health care system.

“You deserve to be able to see a doctor without getting a huge bill,” he told Michiganders on the eve of the vote, vowing to upend America’s divisive multi-billion-dollar for-profit medical system.

During the race, El-Sayed drew huge campaign crowds across the state, even in deeply conservative Republican areas.

El-Sayed also vowed to get “money out of politics” and address the harsh economic woes that have voters yearning for a political newcomer to shake up the status quo.

The election makes El-Sayed the first Democratic doctor in the Senate since 1969.

WASHINGTON: Democrat Amy Acton won the race for governor in the midwestern US state of Ohio over billionaire Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, media projections showed Tuesday, in a contest that turned ugly over an attack ad.

Acton’s victory, called by multiple networks, came after Ramaswamy faced a barrage of criticism over an ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, whose husband was charged with raping Acton when she was a child.

Although Ohio has been a key battleground state, it has leaned Republican in recent years. President Donald Trump won the state in 2024 by double digits.

The 60-year-old Acton is a medical doctor by training and led Ohio’s health department in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ramaswamy, who ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries against Trump, lost despite receiving Trump’s endorsement.

While Ramaswamy, 41, faced sharp backlash over his ad campaign, Trump continued to back the Republican candidate and accused the media of a coordinated attack to undermine his chances.

US Vice President JD Vance similarly defended his “good friend” Ramaswamy while on the campaign trail in Ohio.

But Democrats swiftly criticized the ad, as did some Republicans including outgoing Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, who could not run again due to term limits.

Democrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for Trump

In the ad by Ramaswamy’s campaign, Acton’s estranged mother – Donna Arthur – said her daughter has “lied her entire life” and should not be allowed to become governor.

Acton issued a statement last month saying that she and her brother had “endured abuse, hunger, and neglect” as children.

“Between the ages of 10 and 12, I was sexually abused by her husband, while my birth mother did nothing to protect me,” she said.

Arthur’s husband fled before he could be tried on the sexual assault charges and is now dead.

Acton said she had not seen her mother since 1978, adding that it was “sad to see Vivek Ramaswamy exploit her all for his own political gain.”

TEHRAN: Iran’s chief negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday that Americans voted “NO TO WAR” after Democrats routed the Republicans in the midterm elections.

Democrats won full control of the US Congress in a sweeping landslide of upsets that delivered a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his party.

The vote reflected deep anger over living costs, tariffs and Trump’s war against Iran, which has sent fuel prices soaring and compounded dissatisfaction with an already deeply unpopular president.

Democrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for Trump

“Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message,” Ghalibaf posted on X.

“If the US govt betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare.”

The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February, has been at a stalemate for months, punctuated by sporadic exchanges of fire amid fears of a full-scale resumption of hostilities.

President Donald Trump acknowledged that the war in Iran played a role in Republicans’ losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as Democrats prepared to take control of both the US House and Senate and challenge his legislative agenda.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said Democrats would send legislation he considered “insane” to his desk and that he would veto it.

“They’ll send over things that are insane, and I’ll veto them,” he said. “And after a couple of months of vetoes, they’ll call and they’ll say, ‘How do we get this stuff done?’ And we’ll work together.”

Trump said the war in Iran had weighed on Republican candidates, even as voters backed his handling of it.

Democrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for Trump

“I think a part of it was Iran, but at the same time people understood the importance of what I’ve done with Iran,” he said.

WASHINGTON: US ​media projected ‌on Tuesday ​that ​Democrats were on ⁠track ​to win ​majority control of the ​US ​House of Representatives, ‌putting ⁠them in position ​next ​year ⁠to challenge ​President ​Donald ⁠Trump’s agenda.

WASHINGTON: Democrat Annie Andrews won a US Senate seat in conservative South Carolina on Tuesday, according ​to media projections, ousting Republican Darline Graham in a ‌state President Donald Trump carried by 18 percentage points just two years ago.

Andrews, a pediatrician, is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in ​South Carolina in 28 years, a striking gain for ​a party that needed a net four seats to ⁠overturn Republicans’ 53-47 majority.

Andrews’ win in a state that neither Democrats ​nor Republicans considered competitive until recent weeks embodies the broader rejection ​of Trump and his handling of the economy during the first two years of his term.

Trump’s approval rating hit a record low over voter discontent ​with the Iran war, high diesel prices and the cost ​of living, which put once solidly Republican seats into play.

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After the death of ‌his ⁠ally, US Senator Lindsey Graham, Trump backed Graham’s sister Darline to fill his seat. Trump encouraged her to run for a full six-year term despite her low profile and political inexperience.

Graham won a ​special runoff election ​for the ⁠Republican nomination with Trump’s backing, but she acknowledged during the primary that she’s “not that informed on national ​security.”

Andrews outraised Graham by $22 million. Republican outside groups ​poured $27 ⁠million into holding the seat, while Democratic groups invested $24 million to flip it.

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Trump last week held a rally in the state as the ⁠race ​tightened, where Graham told supporters her opponent ​is “batshit crazy.” In response, Andrews asked Graham if it’s crazy “to want cheaper gas and ​groceries.”

Democrat Keisha Lance ‌Bottoms won Georgia’s race for governor on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state and delivering Democrats a victory in one of the nation’s most closely divided ​political battlegrounds.

The former Atlanta mayor, who will also be the first female ​governor of the state, defeated Republican businessman Rick Jackson, according to US ⁠media projections.

She succeeds Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who is leaving office after serving ​two consecutive terms. Bottoms, 56, also previously served as a senior adviser to former President ​Joe Biden and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

Democrats gain ground in battle for Congress with North Carolina flip

The victory marked a new milestone for Black women in American politics, who have long been a core base within the ​Democratic Party but remain underrepresented in the nation’s highest elected offices. The same evening, ​Stacey Plaskett was elected governor of the US Virgin Islands, a US territory, becoming the first ‌Black ⁠woman elected governor of a US jurisdiction.

Bottoms’ win also marks a significant shift in Georgia state politics, where Black voters have formed a central part of the Democratic coalition that helped to turn the reliably Republican state into a national battleground.

Republicans had controlled ​the governor’s office ​for more than two ⁠decades.

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Jackson, the billionaire founder of healthcare staffing company Jackson Healthcare, cast himself as a political outsider and campaigned on tax cuts, ​public safety and reducing government regulation.

Bottoms’ victory comes eight years ​after fellow ⁠Democrat Stacey Abrams became the first Black woman nominated for governor by a major US political party.

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Abrams lost governor’s races in Georgia in 2018 and 2022, but her campaigns helped ⁠to ​build a multigenerational, multiracial coalition that boosted Democratic turnout, ​helped elect two Democratic US senators and delivered Georgia’s electoral votes to a Democratic presidential candidate for ​the first time in decades.

WASHINGTON: Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House on Tuesday, scoring sweeping victories that reached deep into Republican strongholds as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to ​President Donald Trump.

The size and breadth of the Democratic wave were still coming into focus, but the party prevailed in states long thought to ‌be out of reach, including conservative bastions like South Carolina, Texas and Iowa.

The Democratic wave underscored voters’ deep frustration with Trump’s stewardship of the economy and his decision to launch a war against Iran in February, which drove gas prices up sharply. In poll after poll, voters expressed anxiety about the cost of living and anger at the way Trump has handled the issue.

In Kansas, Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor, ​became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat since the Great Depression nearly a century ago.

In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown claimed a seat that belonged to ​Vice President JD Vance two years ago, while Texas Democratic state Representative James Talarico withstood a barrage of outside spending to defeat ⁠scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. Both Ohio and Texas voted for Trump by a double-digit margin in 2024.

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In South Carolina, a state that Trump carried by nearly 18 ​points in 2024, pediatrician Annie Andrews triumphed over Republican Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to the seat after the death of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham.

Trump elevated Paxton and Graham ​ahead of more established candidates despite clear liabilities. Paxton has been at the center of a litany of controversies, including his 2023 impeachment and securities fraud charges, while Graham’s admitted inexperience drew negative headlines.

Trump campaigned heavily for Paxton, Graham and Ohio’s Jon Husted as part of a late election blitz that included more than two dozen rallies, and the president told his supporters repeatedly to “pretend I’m on the ballot” ​in an effort to fire up his base.

On Tuesday night, as it grew clear Republicans were in danger of losing their congressional majorities, Trump wrote on social media, “I wasn’t ​on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Democrats had flipped six Republican Senate seats in all, ensuring a majority ‌even if they ⁠don’t manage to hold their own seats in competitive Michigan and Minnesota.

Democrats were also on track to take control of the US House of Representatives after flipping at least eight Republican seats in states including Kentucky, New Jersey and North Carolina and showing strength even in solidly conservative districts.

The party’s dominance extended to other races as well. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a three-term incumbent, lost to Democrat Gina Hinojosa, while Democrats also captured governorships in conservative Iowa and Ohio.

A rebuke to trump, winner says

“In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people ​have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of ​the man named President Donald J. ⁠Trump,” incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, the projected winner in Georgia, told supporters at a victory party.

In Florida, Republican Senator Ashley Moody fended off Democrat Angie Nixon but was ahead by only about 3 percentage points in a state Trump carried by 13 points in ​2024, according to a vote count compiled by Reuters and USA Today, further evidence that even solidly Republican states were shifting dramatically ​toward Democrats.

Democrats held onto ⁠three House districts in Florida that Republican lawmakers had redrawn earlier this year, all of which backed Trump by at least 9 percentage points.

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According to exit polls conducted by SSRS on behalf of a consortium of US media outlets including major television networks and the Associated Press, half of voters nationwide said they saw the 2026 midterm elections as an opportunity to rebuke the ⁠president, and ​three-quarters said they are “angry” or “dissatisfied” with the way the country is headed.

In addition, 70% of voters surveyed said ​they want Congress to provide more checks and balances on the president.