Mohan Kumar
Nov 4, 2026
Call it a wave, clean sweep or a Tsunami, the Democrats have won convincingly and may end up flipping not just the House, but also the Senate. This is a significant political moment in the US for a number of reasons.
President Trump has dominated American politics for a decade. Is this his swan-song or has he still got aces up his sleeve? President Trump was not on the ballot, but he did ask the voters to pretend that he was. So it cannot but be interpreted as a vote on his performance for the first two years of his mandate. These elections saw some $12 billion being spent on these midterm elections. That is more than what was spent in the presidential election in 2024. It is significant that this did not make too much of a difference in the end. The American Congress has hitherto acquiesced in the decisions of President Trump, with some political observers arguing that it has thereby abdicated its responsibility of acting as a check on the President. Will this change and can it now resist the President? Expect investigations to be launched, impose funding restrictions on programmes, issue summons to Cabinet Ministers and may be, even launch impeachment proceedings against the President 鈥� though there is very little prospect of impeachment succeeding.
Some Republican candidates had already distanced themselves from President Trump in their political campaign for the midterms. Will the dissatisfaction with President Trump now boil over in the Republican Party? May be not a civil war, but expect churn in the GOP. Lastly, how will this impact the presidential elections due in 2028? Does it provide a shot in the arm for Democrats and lead to introspection on the part of Republicans? Does this make the presidential elections of 2028 wide open?
Domestic politics will play itself out in the coming days and weeks. But it is the impact on America鈥檚 foreign policy and geopolitics that should interest the rest of the world.