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RealClearPolitics Week of November 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, November 2
When 'Country Over Party' Goes Only One Way
James Kirchick, The Free Press
Haley Stevens Is Sending the Wrong Message
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Poll: Democrats Lead in Key States That Will Decide Senate
Nate Cohn, NY Times
Will 2026 for GOP Be Same as 2022 Was for Dems?
Victor Davis Hanson, AG
GOP Counting on Election Day Turnout Despite Enthusiasm Gap
Isaac Arnsdorf, WP
A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Focus on the Kitchen Table, Not Culture War Noise
Maria Cardona, RealClearPolitics
Don't Count Susan Collins Out
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Ken Paxton’s Last Stand
Jack Herrera, Washington Post
Texas Early Vote Results
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
Alaska Town Reckons With 'Decoy Dan' Election Fallout
Barrett & Nelson, WSJ
The One Blue State the Blue Wave Might Not Reach
Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
Dems Are Coming. Time To Worry About 2028
Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review
If There's a Blue Wave on Tuesday, What Comes Next?
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
When Dems Tell You What They'll Do, Believe Them
Brian Joondeph, American Thinker
Europe's Great Pension Covenant Unravels
Fairless & Bisserbe, Wall Street Journal
The Bill Is Coming Due for Leftism, Globalism
Fred Fleitz, American Greatness
Latest House Polls: AKAL,ME2,NH1/2, Generic | '26 Generic vs. Past Mid-Terms
Tuesday, November 3
A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules
Carl Cannon, RCP


Will the Democrats' Weekend From Hell Matter?
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Trump Owns This Midterm Meltdown
Charles Lane, Washington Post
When Does a Dirty Trick Become a Crime?
George Terwilliger, Wall Street Journal
How Attempt at Dem Unity Exploded With Michigan Senate Flip
Bradner, et al., CNN
Did Stevens Change the Race in Michigan?
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Few Will Lament the End of This Midterm Campaign
Conrad Black, New York Sun
GOP Tunes Out Nightmare Polls
Benjamin Weiss, HuffPost
Record Drop in Felony Violent Crime Is Not a Coincidence
John Lott, The Federalist
Young People Can't Afford the Culture War
Rachel Janfaza, Vox
Drug Prices Are Finally Falling
Joel Zinberg, City Journal
A Fraudster Is Sentenced in Minnesota
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Anthropic Isn't Just a Company, It's a Payoff
Matt Stoller, Substack
Crumbling Europe and the Lessons for U.S.
Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure
Europe's Immigrant Riots Spread to Germany
Heather Mac Donald, X
The Sane Person's Guide to Microplastics
Charlotte Grinberg, The Free Press
The Two Promised Lands
Miller & Vigler, RealClearEducation
TDIH: Trump 2nd Term JA vs Bush, Obama | '26 Generic Vote vs '22,'18,'14,'10,'06
Wednesday, November 4
Blue-nami
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics


Blue Wave Is the Beginning of the End for Trump
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
Democrats' Blue Wave May Crash Into a Dead End
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
'Lawyer Up': New Dem Majority Preps Trump Investigations
Kevin Frey, MS Now
Trump's Bid To Thwart Midterm History Flops
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Trump Acknowledges Iran War Partly To Blame for GOP Losses
Josh Dawsey, WSJ
GOP Learned Nothing From Bush's '06 Midterm Debacle
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
What Happened Last Night Wasn't All About Trump
Robert Reich, Substack
GOP Should Start Planning for a Post-Trump Future
Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd
What Just Happened in Texas Changes Everything
Philip Elliott, Time
The Darline Graham Gambit Blows Up on Trump & GOP
Dianne Gallagher, CNN
Dem Governors Get Shot in the Arm as 2028 Begins
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
The Death Knell of Trumpism Has Finally Sounded
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
It Was the Corruption, Stupid
John Fund, The Spectator World
Dems Made Election About Trump. Voters Responded
David Ignatius, Washington Post
How Trump Reacts to Shellacking Will Determine His Legacy
Michael Goodwin, NYP
The Dangers of a Lame-Duck Trump
Drezner & Saunders, Foreign Affairs
Thursday, November 5
How Trump Lost the Midterms
Dawsey, Leary & Wise, Wall Street Journal


Blue Texas, Blue Carolinas, GOP Wreckage Across U.S.
Henry Olsen, Washington Post
Why Adam Hamilton Made History in Kansas
Melinda Henneberger, RealClearPolitics
Iran and the Neocons Brought Down the Republicans
Sohrab Ahmari, UnHerd
The Midterms Were Not Lost Over a Single Issue
Mark Levin, X
Trump and His War of Choice Are Out of Step With Public
Astead Herndon, Vox
Upending Norms: Trump Battles the Bureaucracy
Ben Weingarten, RCInvestigations
El-Sayed Broke New Ground for the Progressive Left
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
How DeSantis Transformed Florida Into GOP's Best Hope
Karol Markowicz, NY Post
The Numbers Behind Democrats' Big Win
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Did Re-Redistricting Actually Hurt Republicans?
Sean Trende, The Poll Vault
The Biggest Winner and Biggest Loser in 2026 Midterms
Doug Schoen, FOX News
Democrats Didn't Win, Republicans Lost. There's a Way To Fix This
Doug Truax, RCP
Democrats Just Laid the Foundation for 2028
Paul Starr, American Prospect
The Fight Over America's Public History
Daniel McCarthy, Imprimis
Health Care: Don't Just Fix What They Broke
Merrill Goozner, Washington Monthly
In Ballot Items, Fiscal Conservatism Beats the Left
John Hood, RealClearPolicy
Friday, November 6
Republicans Can't Say the Polls Didn't Warn Them
Keith Naughton, USA Today


The Moment Trump Blew the Midterms
Levitz & Shor, Vox
The Incredible Irony of Dems Winning on High Gas Prices
David Asman, FOX News
How Rep. Jeffries Engineered the Democratic Rout
Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Ignore the Noise. Impeachment Won't Work Against Me
Pete Hegseth, X
Iran Cheers Trump 'Defeat' as GOP Blames War for Losses
Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time
Trump Says Iran War Decision Coming 'Soon'
Barak Ravid, Axios
The Wave Beneath the Wave
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Democrats' Blue Tsunami Crashes Into State Legislatures
Hannah Marr, MS Now
DeSantis Is Running...Right?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Why Is There No Accountability for Sen. Thune?
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of Supreme Court
Matt Ford, The New Republic
I've Always Been a MAHA Mom
Larissa Phillips, The Free Press
Taking Care With AI Regulation
Sean Cooksey, RealClearPolitics
'We Can't Eat Road Salt': Other Maine Takeaways
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
More Hiring at Small Firms--Also More Pay Raises
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Remember the Mayflower Compact
Randolph May, Washington Times
Senate: Toss Up Races: Final Results, Polls House: Generic Vote: Results, Polls
Saturday, November 7
Welcome to Trump's Lame-Duck Era
Eric Cortellessa, Time
Dem Congress Gives Trump a Challenge and an Opportunity
Tevi Troy, DC Examiner
Iran Didn't Decide the Midterms But Made the Wave Higher
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Charlie Kirk and the Shattering of the American Right
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Hinojosa's Win Was the Most Important of the Midterms
Steve Phillips, The Nation
Florida Conservatism Is Now American Conservatism
Paul du Quenoy, Chronicles
Trump Sends Unmistakable Message by Elevating Miller
Steve Benen, MS Now
Don't Expect Alito, Thomas To Retire
Bevan, Cannon, Porter & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
There's No Such Thing as a Stock-Market Bubble
Jeff Yass, Wall Street Journal
Dems Ran on Affordability. Will Veto Stop Their Plans?
Emma Janssen, New Republic
El-Sayed's Win Signifies a Seismic Shift
Olivia Reingold, The Free Press
In the GOP, a New 2028 Race?
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Ranking the Best (and Worst) Dem Senate Candidates
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Newsom's Death Penalty Decision Puts Justice on Death Row
John Lott, RCP
Los Angeles About To Test a New Kind of Housing Politics
Marina Bolotnikova, Vox
After Fleeing California, Musk's Refuge Is in Revolt
Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post
Why Conservatives and Liberals Really Do Need Each Other
Spencer Pratt, X
Sunday, November 8
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever
David Remnick, The New Yorker
Trump Didn't Care - But His Voters Did
Kelly Sadler, Washington Times
Centrism Did Not Win Democrats This Huge Victory
Heba Gowayed, The Guardian
Iran War Advocates Own the Midterm Debacle
Daniel DePetris, Washington Examiner
Clear Election Verdict Leaves Murky Future for Trump & America
Peter Baker, NYT
Stephen Miller’s Promotion Shows WH Is Ready for War
Connor Stringer, Telegraph
Progressives, It's Our New Deal Moment
Elizabeth Wilkins, Democracy
Senate Has Unfinished Business and a Ticking Clock
Mike Davis, FOX News
If You Worked for Trump, Employers Should Punish You
Rex Huppke, USA TODAY
Lust for Revenge Could Fuel the Next America First Resurgence
Roger Kimball, AG
How Talarico & El-Sayed Won Over Black Voters
Nicholas Mitchell, MS NOW
The GOP Can Win Back Latinos
Juan David Rojas, The American Conservative
How Trump Opened the Door for the Christian Left
Alex Morris, Rolling Stone
Midterms Could Birth a New, Better U.S.-Israel Alliance
Liel Leibovitz, The Free Press
Dara Horn’s Wise Counsel on Countering Antisemitism
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Persecuted Christian Meets Advocate 12 Yrs Later
Lou Ann Sabatier, Baptist Standard
Jennifer Welch Is Not Sorry
Sasha Stone, Substack


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