RealClearPolitics November 4, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

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

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

The Real Reason We Lost Is Obvious to Almost Everyone

Vice President JD Vance, X

A Triumph for Schumer, Jeffries

Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly

Angry Voters Usher In Beginning of the End to Trump Era

Peter Baker, NY Times

Anti-War MAGA Was Right

Robby Soave, The Hill

The Big Beautiful Mandate Trap

John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics

GOP Disaster Can Be Traced to Kirk Assassination

Joshua Monnington, The Federalist

Talarico Demolition Is Crown Jewel of Dems' Win

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

California Billionaires Exhale as Prop 40 Goes Down

Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics

The Twilight of Boomer Republicanism

Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator

Progressives' Biggest Night in a Generation

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

A $12B Illusion: Why GOP Losses Demand Different Investment

Barrett Davie, RCP