# Why Democrats routed Republicans in the US midterms

https://mins.news/en/item/128799

- France 24, 2026-11-04 09:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261104-why-the-democrats-routed-republicans-us-midterm-elections

> US voters handed Democrats control of Congress on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. Polls indicate that anger over the worsening cost-of-living crisis was a major factor in the party’s historic win; the crisis was partly triggered by Trump’s decision to launch the US-Israeli war on Iran.

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