{"id":181961,"date":"2026-11-04T05:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T04:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181961"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:36:12","slug":"resultatet-i-mellanarsvalet-iran-kriget-slar-tillbaka-mot-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/irans-retaliation-against-trump-may-have-cost-him-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm Election Results: The Iran War Backfires on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Donald Trump risks a major setback in the U.S. midterm elections. The Democrats have secured several key victories, and a comprehensive voter survey suggests that the heavily criticized war against Iran may have become a liability for the president. As many as 74 percent of voters say the war had a major impact on how they voted.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/us-house-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/strong> (AP) Early Wednesday morning Swedish time, the Democrats had secured 141 seats in the House of Representatives, compared with the Republicans' 78. There were still 216 seats to be decided, and 218 seats are required for a majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/us-senate-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senates<\/a><\/strong> The tally stood at 47\u201337 in favor of the Democrats, including senators who were not on the ballot. Sixteen seats remained to be decided. Before the election, the Republicans held a 53\u201347 majority, meaning that the Democrats needed to win four Republican seats without losing any of their own to take control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Iran War May Have Cost Trump the Election<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/voter-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion poll<\/a><\/strong> Polls from election night show that the war against Iran played a significant role for many Americans. As many as 34 percent said the war was decisive in how they voted, while another 40 percent described it as an important factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of these 74 percent, 62 percent voted for the Democrats and 35 percent for the Republicans. According to data attributed to the same voter surveys, approximately 62 percent of voters also believed that a U.S. military attack on Iran was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Harsh criticism from nationalist quarters<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system-critical account AF Post draws attention to the study at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost\/status\/2117806481383014696?s=19\">X<\/a><\/strong> and sharply criticizes the president's war policy. The account argues that the war could become one of Trump's biggest political mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201d<em>The war will go down in history as one of Trump's worst mistakes<\/em>\u201d, writes AF Post in the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A majority of voters said the Iran War was a major factor in their voting decision and sided with the Democrats. <br><br>The war will go down as one of Trump\u2019s worst blunders ever.<br><br>Follow: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AFpost<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1b1qa96iV\">pic.twitter.com\/N1b1qa96iV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 AF Post (@AFpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost\/status\/2117806481383014696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Desperate Struggle for Power<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/governor-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governor's elections<\/a><\/strong> The Democrats held a lead, with 18 seats to the Republicans' 11. But several key states and congressional districts were still too close to call as the results were being tallied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Republicans lose the House of Representatives, the Democrats could block parts of Trump\u2019s policies and launch new investigations into the White House. The question now is whether the president\u2019s foreign policy, combined with voters\u2019 dissatisfaction with the economy, will be decisive in the shift of power in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump: \u201dWe had won a landslide victory\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has now commented on the election results. In a post on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117556082339815131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Truth<\/a><\/strong> The president claims that the Republicans would have won by a landslide if he himself had run in the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201d<em>I wasn't on the ballot, and if I had been, we would have won by a LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP<\/em>\u201d, he writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Trump tells <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/midterms-2026-election-day-trump?smid=url-share#heres-the-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/strong> that he is prepared to accept the election results and work with the Democrats if they take control of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>We're, you know, looking forward to working with them. We'll probably come to an agreement on something<\/em>, \", says the president.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump's war with Iran may have turned out to be a costly political mistake. Voters are punishing the Republicans\u2014here's how the president is responding<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":161931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,1520,205],"tags":[182,1457,3977,186],"class_list":["post-181961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-stor","category-nyheter","tag-donald-trump","tag-mellanarsval","tag-senaten","tag-usa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}