The end of Maga as we know it
The Guardian reports from Texas on a Democratic sweep of the 2026 midterms that it judges the most sweeping repudiation of a sitting president since 1974: James Talarico's Senate win in once-Republican Round Rock, the party's first Texas Senate victory since 1988, control of Congress, and wins in states like Kansas and South Carolina. Pollster Frank Luntz and others attribute the collapse to costs, the Iran war and betrayal felt by Trump's own voters, while Bill Galston and Charlie Sykes caution that Maga is wounded rather than dead.
