Historic Midterm Rout Serves as a Sweeping Rebuke of Trump Era
Peter Baker's New York Times analysis casts the historic Democratic midterm rout — a House margin of about 13 points, the largest since at least 1976 — as a stinging rebuke of President Trump, who made the election a referendum on himself 47 times. Voters cited gas prices, the Iran war, tariffs, and profiteering, though allies like Joe Grogan insist Trumpism endures and Trump allies warned against counting him out.
