Primary season is just about over in advance of the 2026 midterms, and it looks like the old-time party faithful on the Democrat side are awfully disappointed with how things sit.
PJ Media’s Matt Margolis noted that the big midterm wave they’ve been insisting was coming is… not inevitable.
On the surface, it looks like Democrats should be able to win easily. Aside from precedent, Donald Trump’s polling gives them even more room to work with. Yet recent surveys suggest Democrats are underperforming badly enough that the wave they were counting on might not materialize.
That underperformance could cost them control of the House.
If Republicans hold the House this November, the reasons will be obvious: a socialist insurgency reshaping the party from within, and a singular obsession with opposing Trump that has crowded out everything else voters actually care about.
The evidence is already sitting in the polling.
On the generic congressional ballot, Republicans are either tied with Democrats or ahead by three to four points, nowhere near the margin Democrats need to flip the House. A recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll put Democrats up just 48 percent to 45 percent on that same generic ballot question. Asked which party they agree with more on the issues that matter to them, voters split 41 percent Republican to 40 percent Democrat. Asked which party they trust more to handle the economy, the gap widened: 39 percent for Republicans to 35 percent for Democrats.
Along with that rather underwhelming showing thus far comes what comes off as pre-recriminations. For example, here’s Van Jones...
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