The Big Picture argues that Democrats' November 3, 2026 midterm wins, driven by voter fury over rising costs under Donald Trump's tariffs, amount to a mandate for economic populism, from Gina Hinojosa's planned Texas "high-cost emergency" electricity rate freeze to minimum wage pledges by governors like Josh Shapiro and Rob Sand. It surveys the incoming Congress's affordability agenda, including efforts to delay Medicaid work requirements taking effect January 1, 2027, and a party fight over health care between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All push and Majority Democrats' "Medicare for Americans" alternative.