Merged 2026 Mid-Term election outcomes: US Congress

[steenkh]

Even before Iran, Trump was collapsing in the polls.
DO you read the polls. or have you decided that the American voters are morons beyong redemption"

It is not a question of American voters being morons (although at least half of them are), but about voters in every country in the world having the memory of a goldfish.
The gerrymandering efforts need to fail, and for that, massive voters change is necessary. America needs to make Trump impotent (in the figurative sense, absolutely no pun intended), like Magyar overcame gerrymandering in Hungary, and won a landslide victory. Trump and the GOP is going to claim a huge fraud, and only a massive change of votes is going to make it difficult for them to change the result, even with an armed takeover.

 

[dann]

Difficult, but far from impossible!
The SAVE act and all the little things done at state level add up.
And Trump's Supreme Court is there to endorse whatever's being done.

 

[Darat]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2075014291212710059

Your president excluded of course.

My god, these ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ bull ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊, gaslighting mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊.

Now, now she did only say they were against alleged rapists, not a proven - as the judge said in Trump's case - rapist.

 

[Darat]

FTFY

Was Obama the thin skinned narcissist?

 

[Andy_Ross]

Even before Iran, Trump was collapsing in the polls.
DO you read the polls. or have you decided that the American voters are morons beyong redemption"

The American voters put Donald in office twice.

 

[Brainster]

I think this has been discussed previously before...

One of the issues with ANY "new guy" is not just their progressiveness, etc., but the fact that they might have unexpected skeletons in their closet.

Good call!

 

[dudalb]

Yes I know that he was unpopular before the Iran war. But that conflict did increase accelerate the drop in his approval ratings. I don't want to see that drop reversed. (Even if he wasn't well liked before the war, it is better for the democrats for him to have "really high disapproval" ratings compared to just "high disapproval".)

Yes, American voters (or at least a significant segment) are morons beyond redemption.

Then why waste your time following American politics.
Yes, I do smell a certain amount of British superotiy complex here.

 

[PitPat]

Then why waste your time following American politics.
Yes, I do smell a certain amount of British superotiy complex here.

You know she/he's Canadian, eh?

Realized you meant here in general.

 

[steenkh]

Then why waste your time following American politics.

You may not be aware of this, but American politics has a huge influence on lives in the rest of the world. I really wouldn't care much for which crazy politicians the U.S. choose to lead the country if not because they damage my economy, and security.

And frankly, it is only with Trump that I have made an effort to find out a little bit how American institutions work. Until then, they worked well enough to be of interest to me. German, French, and British politics was more important.

 

[Lukraak_Sisser]

Then why waste your time following American politics.
Yes, I do smell a certain amount of British superotiy complex here.

I wish following US politics was just a reality show.

But while I know most US citizens are unable to look beyond their borders, in the two years since you lot put Trump in power by voting for him or not voting 'because both sides are equally bad' he has:

Made life for everyone in the world more expensive with his trade wars started out of petty spite.
Started a pointless war that will once again create a flood of refugees that will again end up in the EU, while also creating ever more financial hardships for everyone.
Threatened an EU and NATO ally with war by demanding they allow the US to annex their territory.
Actively supported several dictators, while at the same time trying to sabotage a democracy trying to fight one of those dictators invading their country.
Supported fascist organizations all across the EU.
Threatened the EU with even more sanctions unless we give up on attempting to put limits on the power of US companies in the EU.
Openly made piracy on the ocean an acceptable method of policy,

Now it is clear US voters care nothing about any of that, so I really really hope all those who voted for Trump or refused to vote against him out of misplaced 'centrism' suffer deeply and financially, as that seems to be the only thing that might convince US voters to keep their Christo-fascism in check or at least to themselves.

*edit* oh and at no point have your vaunted 'checks and balances' even attempted to mitigate this at any point.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Because under the technical definition of "rape" in New York State law, it did not qualify. It was deemed "sexual abuse". However, the judge said anyone would recognize it as rape.

Even pro-rape Trump supporters (i guess that is a redundancy) can recognize that.

Trausti has earlier shown he doesn't seem to morally differentiate between AI-generated sexual material of children and adults (in an earlier thread about Musk's AI generating CSA material, he posted a whataboutism of another AI that could generate sexualized images of... adults), so no surprise there. A certain subset of people only appear to care about SA when they can use it to slander foreigners and trans people. The rest of the time it's all false allegations, the survivor's own fault, virtue signalling, etc.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

The only problem is that non-whites might have bigger dicks

 

[EHocking]

The only problem is that non-whites might have bigger dicks

And that’s just the women…

 

[PitPat]

Is there already a thread for this? I couldn't find an open one.

Anyway just a catch-all for 2026 races around the country.

Maine looks like it might have a frontrunner and apparently he's a bit of a firebrand too...

Troy Jackson Builds Commanding Lead as Maine Democrats Begin Selecting Senate Convention Delegates

By the end of Saturday’s caucuses, Jackson had built a commanding lead, securing the support of approximately 300 pledged delegates, just 11 short of the 311 needed for a majority if those commitments hold through next weekend’s convention.

Jackson’s campaign dominated several county caucuses. In Hancock County, candidates aligned with Jackson won 22 of the county’s 23 delegate positions, while he also performed strongly in Kennebec County and several other counties that held caucuses Saturday.
https://www.themainewire.com/2026/0...-begin-selecting-senate-convention-delegates/

 

[Andy_Ross]

Merged Thread '2026 Mid-Term election outcomes: US Congress'

May 26, 2025

Who will control the House and Senate? I'll post my answer in a couple of days.

• Trebuchet
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• Forum: USA Politics

 

[Trebuchet]

There is.
I'll request a merge.

 

[PitPat]

Thanks, the one I found was locked for some reason and the active one didn't pop up high enough I guess.

 

[Trebuchet]

Ok, admitting to ignorance here prior to researching:
How does a new Congress go about seating itself? Especially the House, where every member has just been elected.
In other threads, I've suggested that Speaker Johnson might simply refuse to swear in new Democrat members. But that's wrong. He too will just have been elected (or not) and there will be no Speaker until one is elected by the members just sworn in.
Who swears them in? Who decides they are the winners? How does it start?
I'm irritated I don't know; and especially that I don't know how the R's will game the system. Because you know they'll try.

 

[PitPat]

According to AI, a newly elected Speaker of the House is sworn in by the Dean of the House, who is the chamber's longest-serving member. And the Speaker swears in the freshman congresspeople.

In this case it's Hal Rogers, a Republican from Kentucky who is pretty MAGA. So yeah I could see Trump strong-arming him into delaying the speaker apointment and by extension delaying seating a Democratic congress. Not sure what that would be but they'll probably find some arcane rule.

 

[Trebuchet]

But both have to be sworn in as House members first, then the speaker has to be elected. Again, according to AI,

A new House of Representatives seats itself by assembling on the opening day of a new Congress, where the Clerk of the House calls the roll, the Speaker is elected and sworn in, and all Members-elect take an oath of office. Because the House is not a continuing body and all 435 seats are up for election every two years, the chamber must entirely reconstitute itself.The step-by-step seating and organizational process proceeds as follows:Quorum Call: The previous House's Clerk acts as the presiding officer until a Speaker is elected. The Clerk calls the roll of all newly elected Representatives to establish that a quorum is present.Election of the Speaker: Following the roll call, the House holds a vote to elect the Speaker. Each party nominates a candidate, and the winner requires an absolute majority of the Members present and voting.Administering the Oath: Once elected, the new Speaker takes the oath of office, typically administered by the Dean of the House (the longest-serving Member). The Speaker then swears in the remaining Representatives en masse.Administrative Officers: The House proceeds to elect and swear in its administrative officers, including the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Chief Administrative Officer.Adoption of Rules: Members vote to adopt the rules of procedure for the new two-year congressional term.Committee Assignments: The parties finalize their committee rosters, and the House passes resolutions to formally assign Representatives to their respective committees.

I expect shenanigans. I expect Dudalb will soon be along to call me a pessimist and expect civil war.