SO the pollsters finally called one right, the prediction markets were correct and America bathes in Democrat blue.

What just happened… and crucially what comes next?

US President Trump gives update after meeting with Qatari prime minister
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters at the White House in Washington Source: EPA
Midterm Watch Party with Minority Leader Jeffries in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States - 03 Nov 2026
People react as Democrats win seats in the House and Senate during the 2026 midterm elections in Washington, DC Source: Shutterstock Editorial

One thing is clear, Donald Trump’s promised Golden Age has come to a thundering halt – but was it ever real?

Harry Cole Saves the West’s Midterms post-mortem is here, as the Blue Wave winners arrive in Washington DC…

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After initially taking things on the chin, the President is once again muttering about stolen elections as he grapples with the Republican’s worst Midterm performance since the 1970s.

Yet Trump is far from alone as a second term President getting a kicking in their sixth year of power – just ask Ronald Reagan, George W Bush or .

But the fallout is in full swing in Washington DC, as the White House Chief of Staff moves on, and the impeachment battles – starting with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth – begin.

Will the new Democrats in Congress be able to resist going for the President? Few really think so.

Meanwhile AI stocks tumble as anti-data centre candidates from Texas to Ohio march on the Capitol as the powerbrokers, and a battle begins for not just the soul of the Republican and Democrat parties but America itself.

In a spectacular display of public disloyalty the Vice President wasted no time firing the starting gun.

didn’t just trigger the blame game – pointing to Iran and Israel for the Midterm massacre – but also the 2028 race for the White House.

Vance, Ron De Santis, , all look like running – but what about Marco Rubio?

The darkhorse in the race insists he’s focussing on the day job, but our experts weigh in on what to believe…

GOP Strategist Chris Johnson reckons Rubio will sit this race out.
And suddenly the Democratic bench looks as deep as the Republicans with moderates like Georgian Senator Jon Ossoff on the march.

Meanwhile the socialists insist they can now win in unexpected purple parts of America.

New York firebrand is biding her time…
But what do those who know her say about her candidacy?

We ask the Free Press’s Laura Bigger who has campaigned by her side before becoming highly disillusioned with the Left.

Or will it be the return to blue-collar Democrats, the rise of the moderates?

The new Congress is far more centrist than the last according to Democratic strategist Al Mottur.

The 2026 elections may be over, but don’t get too comfortable… the race for 2028 is just beginning.