{"id":2701941,"date":"2026-11-08T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-midterms-prove-left-populism-is-rising\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T00:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:40:19","slug":"the-midterms-prove-left-populism-is-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-midterms-prove-left-populism-is-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"The Midterms Prove Left-Populism Is Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-midterms-prove-left-populism-is-rising%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2701941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The midterms were a setback for Republicans: Democrats won both congressional chambers and key governorships by addressing voters\u2019 top concerns-cost of living, threats to democracy, the Iran war, and corruption. Candidates like Gina Hinojosa and Jon Ossoff ran populist, anti-elite campaigns focused on economic relief and accountability rather than identity politics, and appealed broadly. While Democrats may deliver some pro-working-class policies, they\u2019ll likely resume their broader agenda when in power. Republicans must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >produce tangible wins-lower costs<\/a>, end costly foreign entanglements, tackle corruption, and manage immigration-or risk losses in 2028.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-blog-post__content s-wysiwyg s-wysiwyg--blog\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\" id=\"elevenlabs-audionative-widget\" data-height=\"90\" data-width=\"100%\" data-frameborder=\"no\" data-scrolling=\"no\" data-publicuserid=\"cb0d9922301244fcc1aeafd0610a8e90a36a320754121ee126557a7416405662\" data-playerurl=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/index.html\" >Loading the <a href=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/text-to-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevenlabs Text to Speech<\/a> AudioNative Player&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/audioNativeHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The midterms were a bloodbath. Democrats took both chambers of the U.S. Congress and red-state governorships. The hardest part for Republicans to swallow is how familiar the winning pitch sounded: In 2016, Donald Trump addressed Americans\u2019 concerns regarding the cost of living, Middle East wars, and government corruption. The painful truth is that this year, Democrats addressed those concerns better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exit polls tell an interesting story. When asked about their top issues, 39 percent of voters said the economy (46 percent for Republicans and 52 percent for Democrats), 33 percent said the state of democracy (20 percent for Republicans and 79 percent for Democrats), and only 14 percent said immigration (89 percent for Republicans and 10 percent for Democrats). Other questions reveal that the cost of living, the Iran War, and corruption were all critical factors in motivating voters to support the Democrats. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be clear, President Donald Trump has done excellent work on immigration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-government-to-investigate-critical-race-theory-lessons-in-brighton-schools\/\" title=\"UK Government to Investigate Critical Race Theory Lessons in Brighton Schools\">anti-white discrimination<\/a>, and censorship\u2014arguably the three main issues for the online or \u201cdissident right.\u201d But by launching the Iran War, going overboard with tariffs (which much of the online right in principle supports), and allowing widespread corruption throughout the administration, Trump dropped the ball on issues everyday Americans care about. Not the wisest move. <\/p>\n<p>                         <!-- \/22404337467,3946880\/theamericanconservative-Leaderboard-Top -->                         <\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1742316429780-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 50px; max-width: 100%; '>                         <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just look at Gina Hinojosa, a relative nobody who unseated the longtime Texas Governor Greg Abbot on Tuesday. Her campaign was defined by the conscious decision to set aside traditional liberal concerns over identity issues to embrace economic populism. \u201cThere is just no winning the culture war,\u201d Hinojosa told the <em>New Yorker<\/em>. \u201cMy agenda is not a Democratic agenda. It\u2019s a populist agenda.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the campaign trail, Hinojosa railed against billionaires, corporations, and AI data centers. She called for more school funding, a one-time $1,500 check to every Texas household, and better healthcare access. She framed the incumbent Abbot as a corrupt politician who sold out Texas to wealthy elites. Evidently, Texans loved what they heard, winning her 5.2 million votes (53 percent) to Abbot\u2019s 4.5 million (46 percent).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, who easily brushed off Mike Collins\u2019s attempt to unseat him, is another Democrat who embodies this rising tide of left-wing populism. Osoff has lambasted the Trump administration for failing to deliver for the working class. He has decried this administration as \u201ca government of, by, and for the ultra-rich.\u201d Like many elected Democrats, he hasn\u2019t shied away from indulging some of the dumber populist tendencies by invoking \u201cthe Epstein class\u201d to bash Trump and his friends. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many believe Ossoff has a shot at securing the 2028 Democratic nomination. It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess. But whoever does cinch the nomination will probably sound a lot like him. If midterms proved one thing, it\u2019s that left-wing populism, like it or not, is popular. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new populist formula appears to eschew some of the more radical economic policies favored by the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Those policies appeal to many working-class voters but can alienate white-collar professionals who don\u2019t have to worry much about their own health insurance. But the populism of Hinojosa and Ossoff demands little sacrifice from the professional managerial class. After all, who could say no to lower prices, fewer wars, and less corruption? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That, sadly, was pretty close to Trump\u2019s winning formula in 2016 and 2024. Of course, Trump hit on other issues like immigration and left-wing cultural insanity, which Democrats most certainly will not adopt. But they don\u2019t need to. While mass immigration and race preferences remain unpopular, the midterms reveal that enough Americans are willing to support Democrats so long as they are promising to deliver on basic everyday concerns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But will they deliver? It should be self-evident that the Democrats, once in power, will resume their <em>real<\/em> agenda: crushing their political enemies, discriminating against whites, censoring your conservative grandma on Facebook, and reopening the immigration spigot. Sure, they might implement some pro-working-class policies, but I doubt most Americans\u2019 lives will dramatically improve. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democrats\u2019 control of Congress will cause endless headaches and stymie Trump\u2019s agenda for the next two years. Fortunately, their ability to <em>fully<\/em> enact vengeance and resume the destruction of our country will be limited at least until 2029, when a new president, possibly a Democrat, enters the White House. The Oversight Committee can issue subpoenas and haul people into televised hearings, but given that Trump\u2019s personal lawyer is running the DOJ, criminal referrals will go nowhere\u2014at least for now.<\/p>\n<section class=\"c-subscribe-email\" >\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__wrap\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__head\">\n<h4 class=\"c-subscribe-email__heading\">Subscribe Today<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"c-subscribe-email__subheading\">Get daily emails in your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__form-wrap\">      <!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->      <\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/theamericanconservative.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8&#038;id=f7b67cac40\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__fields\">              <label for=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"u-screenreader-text\">Email Address:<\/label>              <input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__field\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Your Email\" \/>              <input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__submit o-button o-button--red-500 o-button--solid\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>            <\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"mce-error-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-success-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->            <\/p>\n<div class=\"u-screenreader-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">              <input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8_f7b67cac40\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <!--End mc_embed_signup-->          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So although Trump has delivered on issues the online right cares about\u2014not entirely, of course, but the wins are there\u2014he neglected the median voter, who, however capricious and uninformed, must be placated. Any Republican running for office in 2028 will face an uphill battle, especially those who served in this administration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What matters most now is that the remaining two years are spent delivering wins to Americans and repairing the shattered coalition: ramp up deportations and debank illegals (Dems rarely hit on immigration in their midterm ads for a reason); get us out of Iran; do whatever necessary to get costs down; publicly purge the administration of corrupt officials. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Failure to do so will doom Republicans in 2028. But that\u2019s not all. Such a failure would solidify the GOP\u2019s brand as the party of rich and corrupt old people with horrible Botox jobs who care more about waging distant wars than tending to the needs of their American compatriots. That was the legacy of the George W. Bush era, which in turn gave us Barack Obama. Should Trump fail, expect whatever comes after to be far worse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a paraphrase of the passage:<\/p>\n<p>The midterm elections were a sweeping defeat for Republicans, with Democrats winning control of both chambers and many red-state governorships. Republicans\u2019 biggest challenge is how familiar the winning message sounds: Trump\u2019s 2016 focus on rising costs, Middle East wars, and government corruption resurfaced, but this year Democrats addressed those concerns more effectively. Exit polls show the economy as the top issue for many voters, followed by concerns about democracy, with immigration far behind; Democrats led on democracy and cost-of-living worries, while Republicans led on immigration. Additional data suggest that cost of living, the Iran War, and corruption helped motivate people to back Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that Trump has advanced immigration, anti-white discrimination, and censorship agendas-popular with parts of the online right-but his choices on the Iran War, tariff policies, and perceived corruption undermined his appeal to the average voter. Gina Hinojosa\u2019s Texas upset over long-time governor Abbott is highlighted as an example of economic populism trumping culture-war politics: she promised more school funding, a $1,500 one-time payment to households, better healthcare, and framed Abbott as aligned with wealthy elites. She won with about 53% to Abbott\u2019s 46%. Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is presented as another figure embodying a rising left-wing populism, criticizing the Trump administration for not delivering for workers and labeling it \u201ca government of the ultra-rich,\u201d while occasionally leaning into populist rhetoric to attack Trump and allies.<\/p>\n<p>Many see Ossoff as a potential 2028 Democratic nominee, though the outcome remains uncertain; the broader point is that left-wing populism is gaining momentum. This populism tends to favor less radical economic policies than those championed by Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, appealing to working-class voters while not forcing heavy sacrifices on professionals. The result is a populist message of lower prices, fewer wars, and less corruption that resembles aspects of Trump\u2019s appeal. Democrats may avoid some of the most controversial immigration or race-based policies, but they can win by promising practical, everyday improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the author cautions that Democrats, once in power, would likely pursue their broader agenda-crushing opponents, discriminating against whites, censoring conservatives online, and reopening immigration-though they might adopt some pro-working-class measures. The overall improvement for most Americans, however, appears unlikely. Democratic control could create ongoing headaches and stall Trump\u2019s agenda for the next two years, and with the DOJ led by a former Trump lawyer, criminal referrals may not advance quickly, delaying consequences at least until 2029 if a new president takes office then.<\/p>\n<p>The piece argues that Trump did win some online-right priorities but neglected the median voter, who remains essential. Any Republican candidate in 2028 will face a tough race, especially those who served in the current administration. The recommended focus for the next two years is to deliver real wins for Americans and rebuild the coalition: step up deportations, curb illegal immigration, disengage from Iran, lower costs, and publicly purge corrupt officials. If this doesn\u2019t happen, Republicans could be doomed in 2028, and the party could acquire a reputation for being run by wealthy, aging elites more concerned with distant wars than ordinary Americans. This legacy would echo the Bush era and, by extension, the Obama presidency; if Trump fails, the next era could be worse.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can also provide a concise 55-character summary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3670,"featured_media":2701942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2283752756-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6571,87621,7408,69846],"class_list":["post-2701941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elections","tag-left-populism","tag-midterms","tag-progressive-politics-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2283752756-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701945,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701941\/revisions\/2701945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2701942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}