Republicans lost because voters were sick of their sh-t
Daily Kos argues Republicans lost the 2026 midterms because voters were fed up, pointing to defeats like Ken Paxton's Texas Senate loss to James Talarico and Vivek Ramaswamy's 16-point Ohio governor's race loss. Quoting Erick Erickson's own list of reasons — from gas prices and the war in Iran to corruption, tariffs, and cruelty — kos calls it pretty good, adds the gutting of healthcare and Trump's expensive spectacles among others, and urges Democrats to govern as a serious, pragmatic party focused on affordability.
