New Poll Says Trump Could Pull Off Another Big Win - Keeping GOP in Power After the Midterms

RedState 

You don't have to be a political nerd to know that what happens in 2026 will have a direct effect on the November midterm elections. The American people will render their opinion on things like war in the Middle East, the economy, and immigration at the ballot box. The "conventional wisdom" is that normally, the party in the White House loses seats in the House and Senate. But if there was ever a year and a president that could turn that wisdom on its head, it would be Donald Trump. 

A new Harvard Harris poll surveyed 1,999 registered voters on February 25 and 26. It should come as no surprise that since Trump's State of the Union speech on February 24, Republicans have found themselves in a better place. Those surveyed were asked if the midterm election were held today, would they be more likely to vote for a Democrat or a Republican? The results were an even split, 50 percent Republican, 50 percent Democrat. It also indicates an eight-point swing towards Republicans. The same poll in January showed those likely to vote Democrat at 54 percent and Republican at 46 percent.

For the GOP to remain in control after the midterms would be just another win for Trump to add to his long list of accomplishments. It has only happened three times in the last 100 years. Franklin D. Roosevelt did it in 1934 as the country was in the throes of the Great Depression and Democrats grew their majorities, Bill Clinton in 1998, and George W. Bush did it in 2002, in a wave of patriotism in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political, and Public Affairs James Blair also thinks this is the year it can be done. Blair appeared on Sirius XM's "Breitbart News Saturday" and stated:

“I do believe the Republicans can defy history, and we have a couple important elements to that. First and foremost, we have a record and a clear contrast. We can point very clearly to what things were like two years ago, and the American people remember that: 8 percent interest rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage; now they’re under 6 percent. Five dollar an average gallon of gas. Now it’s under $2.50. We have real wages increasing, outpacing inflation. Joe Biden had real wages decreasing $3,000 a year, you know, with inflation far outstripping wage growth and price hikes and all of that. The Democrats gave us this economic nightmare that we inherited, and we are now turning around.”

Blair laid out the facts and figures that are on paper, but what could be the most effective is what the American people saw with their own eyes during Trump's speech. And what they saw was a stark and clear contrast between two political parties. President Trump may have laid out a "trap" that Democrats walked into, but they would have shown who they are anyway. Americans saw a party that would not stand for the mother of a Ukrainian immigrant who was stabbed on a train by a multiple repeat offender, and many would not stand for the Olympic gold-medal-winning hockey team. But what should have gotten the American people's attention the most was when almost the entirety of the Democrat Party, minus those who refused to attend, refused to stand when President Trump asked if lawmakers agreed with the statement, "The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens. Not illegal aliens." 

The Democrat Party has demonstrated through their completely unhinged antics that they have been completely overcome with Trump Derangement Syndrome rage and hatred. That rage is not just directed at Donald Trump, but also at the American people for electing him. If it's good for the country, they are against it. 

Republicans should definitely not get overconfident. But when someone tells you in no uncertain terms who they are, believe them.