{"id":2703964,"date":"2026-11-12T00:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-vote-the-media-decides\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T00:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:20:28","slug":"you-vote-the-media-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-vote-the-media-decides\/","title":{"rendered":"You Vote, the Media Decides"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fyou-vote-the-media-decides%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=2703964&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>Ann Coulter says she predicted the media would rewrite voters\u2019 intentions if Democrats flipped seats, casting midterm gains as a rebuke of Trump\u2019s immigration stance. She notes Trump ran in 2024 on mass deportations and expanding ICE, yet outlets now claim voters want amnesty. Citing polls, she argues Latino voters prioritized inflation and the economy over immigration. Coulter rejects the idea that midterm losses nullify the 77 million who backed Trump, insisting his positions were clear and only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-stephanopoulos-cant-dismiss-trump-defamation-suit-judge-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"George Stephanopoulos can...t dismiss Trump defamation suit: Judge - Washington Examiner\">public interpretation<\/a> and media spin shifted.  <\/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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be great to be Nostradamus, but I have no idea what\u2019s going to happen ten minutes from now. Nonetheless, in September, I made this <a href=\"https:\/\/anncoulter.com\/2026\/09\/30\/its-the-iran-war-stupid\/\">prediction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Assuming the blue wave comes\u2014in fact, if Democrats flip any seats\u2014we\u2019ll get the same rewriting of history as [in 2024].<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>2024: Trump wins massive victory by vowing to carry out \u201cmass deportations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The media a year later:<\/em> He said he was only going to bring order to the border!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>2026: Democrats run against the Iran War and win.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The media next year:<\/em> The midterms prove Americans want to abolish ICE!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actual headlines since the election:<\/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<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cICE After the Blowout\u2014The midterms were a backlash to Trump\u2019s immigration policies\u201d\u2014the <em>Atlantic<\/em> (Nov. 7, 2026)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVoters rebuke Trump administration\u2019s ICE raids and immigration policies at the polls\u201d\u2014NPR (Nov. 6, 2026)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMidterm Voters Disapproved Of Trump\u2019s &#8230; Immigration Policies\u201d\u2014<em>Forbes<\/em> (Nov. 9, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d like to brag, but can I really take credit? Wasn\u2019t it blazingly obvious to everyone? All you needed to do was look at every other election. <em>Americans vote for mass deportations.<\/em> MEDIA: VOTERS DEMAND AMNESTY!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>New York Times<\/em> is at least sneaky in its phrasing. One article gaped in disbelief that Stephen Miller, the president\u2019s new chief of staff, was not \u201cscaling back the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/stephen-miller-midterm-elections.html\">hard-line immigration<\/a> approach\u201d\u2014the one that delivered all seven battleground states and the popular vote 24 months ago\u2014\u201cthat contributed to Republicans\u2019 steep losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can\u2019t be said to have \u201ccontributed\u201d to the GOP\u2019s midterm losses? Some voters\u2019 belief that Trump is a Lizard Man probably \u201ccontributed\u201d to the result. The GOP\u2019s obsession with appointing women to Senate seats definitely \u201ccontributed\u201d to the outcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Times<\/em> also carped that Miller intends to \u201cforge ahead with an agenda that many voters rejected.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/stephen-miller-midterm-elections.html\">article<\/a> added that the rascal also intends to \u201cpursue more of the agenda that many voters rejected.\u201d Can you believe the gall of this guy? He was going to both \u201cforge ahead with\u201d and \u201cpursue\u201d an agenda that many voters rejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many is \u201cmany\u201d? Seventy-seven million voted for Trump just two years ago. However many voted against Republicans in the midterms, it wasn\u2019t 77 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged voter mandate against enforcing our immigration laws is hard to believe inasmuch as, in 2024, the same country voted for a president who campaigned on implementing the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-campaign-promises-second-term-rcna138621\">largest<\/a> domestic deportation operation in American history,\u201d saying he\u2019d triple the size of ICE, and use Border Patrol, National Guard troops, and local law enforcement to remove illegals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But an activist in Minneapolis gets herself killed while interfering with an ICE operation\u2014and the country decided it wants amnesty? (Yes, on Sunday night, liberals on CNN couldn\u2019t stop squealing about how this could be Trump\u2019s \u201cNixon goes to China\u201d moment\u2014because nothing makes riveting TV like shopworn clich\u00e9s.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most amusing is the <em>Times<\/em>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-immigration-crackdown-backlash-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\">claim<\/a> that immigration \u201chelped drive the gains that Democrats appear to be making with Hispanic voters throughout the country.\u201d First of all, Latinos are never going to give the GOP a majority of their vote. Never have, never will. Only certain Republicans get excited about winning the Hispanic vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three times\u2014in 2016, 2020, and 2024\u2014Trump lost the Hispanic vote by less than usual for a Republican. And this was after he said all that stuff about the wall and a mass deportation force. (Interestingly, he got more of their vote with tough talk than milquetoasts Bush and McCain did by pandering.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we\u2019re supposed to believe that, in 2026, these same Latinos looked up from their lawnmowers and were suddenly struck by the realization that Trump actually planned to deport illegals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least the <em>Times<\/em> had a poll\u2014and it must have taken a lot of polling to get the answer the paper wanted. According to a <em>Times<\/em>\/Siena poll in October, \u201cabout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-immigration-crackdown-backlash-republicans.html\">one in five<\/a> Latinos said immigration was the most important issue to their vote, compared to just 6 percent in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, that\u2019s one poll, <em>New York Times<\/em>\u2014and, even there, the economy was the most important issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some other polls taken in the weeks before the election:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a UnidosUS election <a href=\"https:\/\/unidosus.org\/publications\/2026-midterm-election-voter-poll\/\">poll<\/a>, about 3,000 Latinos ranked as their top two issues: Cost of living\/inflation (58 percent) and Jobs and economy (34 percent). Immigration came after Housing and Health care costs (29 and 30 percent, respectively)\u2014at 27 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJobs and cost of living\u201d was more important to Hispanics, at 27 percent, than \u201cany other issue tested\u201d according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univision.com\/noticias\/politica\/encuesta-univision-texas-voto-latino\">N+ Univision<\/a>\/YouGov poll of 980 registered Latino voters in Texas\u2014note that the English version omits these statistics. Corruption came in second at 16 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked to name the one most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-economy-the-top-issue-in-determining-how-americans-will-vote-in-midterms\/\" title=\"Poll: ... the ... in Determining How Americans Will ... in Midterms\">important election issue<\/a> in an FIU Latino Public Opinion Forum\/YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/lacc.fiu.edu\/research\/latino-public-opinion-forum\/lpof_fiu-yougov_fall_2026_public_briefing_2.pdf\">poll<\/a> of 1,539 registered Latino voters, 35.1 percent picked inflation\/cost of living. Asked to pick up to three issues, 57.2 percent said inflation. Only 5.3 percent chose illegal immigration\/border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an Equis Research <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/662968abafbe325650264e83\/6ad28947a47669786ab0d56e_newXSS_NW5_Toplines.pdf\">poll<\/a> of 1,800 registered Latino voters, 61 percent named the economy\/cost of living as the most important issues. \u201cImmigration\/deportations and ICE\u201d registered only 12 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inflation\/cost of living was the single most important issue for 33 percent of registered Latino voters in an NBC News\/Telemundo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/poll-latino-voters-swing-away-trump-republicans-midterm-shift-rcna599894\">poll<\/a>. More than half called it the first or second most important issue. Immigration and border security combined was the top issue of only 6 percent of respondents.<\/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\">Trump wasn\u2019t cryptic about his plan to enforce our immigration laws\u2014nor on his promise to start no new Middle Eastern wars. Only one of those things changed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COPYRIGHT 2026 ANN COULTER<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DISTRIBUTED BY IMPOLITE DEBATES<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a prophet, but I did forecast in September that if the Democrats won a blue wave, we\u2019d see history rewritten the same way as in 2024. Back then, the story was that Trump would win big by promising mass deportations, and the media would later say he only meant to restore border order. In 2026, the expectation was that Democrats would run on opposing the Iran War and win, with the press claiming the midterms showed a desire to end ICE.<\/p>\n<p>But the actual headlines painted a different picture: outlets like The Atlantic, NPR, and Forbes framed the results as a backlash against Trump\u2019s immigration policies. The New York Times criticized Stephen Miller for not dialing back the hard-line immigration stance that had produced wins in the past and suggested he would push a policy many voters had rejected. The piece asks what truly contributed to the GOP\u2019s losses-jokes that even odd beliefs (like Trump being a \u201cLizard Man\u201d) would suffice, and noting that the party\u2019s push to appoint more women to the Senate probably didn\u2019t help either. How many voters count as \u201cmany\u201d? Seventy-seven million voted for Trump in 2020, yet the midterms didn\u2019t reflect that total.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a voter mandate against enforcing immigration laws also strains belief, given that in 2024 the country backed a president who pitched the largest domestic deportation operation in history and promised to expand ICE, Border Patrol, and local law enforcement to remove undocumented people. Yet, after an activist was killed during an ICE operation, some argued the nation had swung toward amnesty. The Times even claimed immigration helped Democrats win with Hispanic voters, though Latinos have rarely given the GOP a majority, and Trump actually did better with Latinos in some cycles despite tough rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-election polling also told a complicated story: a Times\/Siena poll suggested about one in five Latinos flagged immigration as the top issue, but other surveys showed the economy, inflation, and jobs were more important to Hispanic voters. Various polls from UnidosUS, FIU\/YouGov, Equis Research, NBC News\/Telemundo, and other outlets painted inflation and living costs as top concerns for many Latinos, with immigration ranking much lower.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Trump\u2019s stance on immigration remained clear, even as other political dynamics shifted. 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