A red Maga hat on fire on the ground.
‘It was the most sweeping midterm repudiation of a sitting president since the Watergate election of 1974.’ Photograph: Probal Rashid/LightRocket/Getty Images
‘It was the most sweeping midterm repudiation of a sitting president since the Watergate election of 1974.’ Photograph: Probal Rashid/LightRocket/Getty Images
The end of Maga as we know it

The Republican party will regroup after their shellacking in the US midterm elections, but it won’t look the same

Walking by a tattoo studio and medical spa on the pretty main street of Round Rock, in Texas Hill Country, Tarik Bakir recalled voting for Barack Obama in 2008 and Donald Trump in 2024. But when it came to the 2026 midterm elections, he was firmly back in the Democrats’ column.