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GOP 'Cautiously Optimistic' About 2026 Midterms — if the Economy Doesn’t Tank

Republicans remain hopeful of retaining control of Congress if economic conditions improve, while Democratic hopes rely on voter backlash against President Trump's leadership, analysts say.

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Democratic strategists, monitoring President Donald Trump's weak approval ratings in a long list of polls, are hoping that the 2026 midterms will see a major blue wave like 2018 — when, during Trump's first presidency, Democrats flipped the U.S. House of Representatives with a net gain of 40 seats.But Washington, D.C.-based journalist David M. Drucker, in an article published by The Dispatch on October 10, reports that Republicans "are cautiousl…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Friday, October 10, 2025.
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