Metabas for the 2026 mid-term elections/ Carter's electoral defeat to Trump The American mid-term elections ended in the shameful defeat of the Republicans and Trump. By winning a majority of seats (more than 218 seats), the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and ended the dominance of the Republicans. Also, in the Senate, Democrats took over the Senate majority by getting more seats than expected. They managed to win Republican seats in key states such as Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Maine and South Carolina. After the Democrats' victory over the Republicans, a number of famous American figures responded to this issue and openly acknowledged the impact of the war with Iran on the midterm elections. An American analyst and program maker interpreted the attempt to change the regime in Tehran as "regime change in Washington". Iran won", an independent American journalist saw the Iran war and the cover-up of the Epstein affair as a heavy electoral cost for the Republicans, an American writer and political commentator called Iran's blow to America even heavier than an atomic bomb blow, and an American political activist and election strategist described the Iran war as "the biggest political mistake of his life". Trump and J. Di Vance personally mentioned the direct impact of the war with Iran on this electoral defeat. Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics of the University of Virginia, also said: Carter could not change his course after the failure of the rescue operation in the Tabas desert, and Trump is the same. He believes that Trump got into the war because "he didn't have a good reason to start it, he just wanted one more victory." In the media, Trump publicly expressed his fear of suffering the fate of Jimmy Carter and his political failure after the hostage crisis. For example, in June 2026, he declared: "I don't want to be Jimmy Carter."