Donald Trump’s approval rating is currently lower than it was after 1/6. Trump has known for some time that his presidency will effectively be over if Democrats win back the House in 2026.
If Democrats gain a majority in the House, Trump will become a lame duck, and by the end of summer 2027, Democrats will begin holding their first presidential primary debates, and the nation will turn its attention to the 2028 elections.
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Trump will be an afterthought, and the person who keeps the seat warm for the next president, and certainly a much younger one.
To counter his impending irrelevance, Trump came up with a plan.
Trump’s plan is to rig the 2026 midterm elections by forcing red states to hold more Republican-leaning seats for his party.
It seemed like a great idea that was playing out wonderfully as Texas quickly fell in line and redrew its maps to create five new Republican-leaning House seats.
What Trump never counted on was Democrats fighting back.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) responded to Texas with Proposition 50, a voter-approved ballot measure that allowed California to redraw its maps to create five new Democratic-leaning seats. Unlike Texas, California has strengthened its Democratic-leaning districts to ensure the safety of several Democratic seats.
North Carolina attempted to add a Republican House seat, as did Missouri. Ohio opted for a weaker gerrymander and ended up retaining several Democratic seats. The latest Democratic victory came in Utah, where a judge threw out a Republican gerrymander and implemented a map that will give Democrats another House seat.
Read on below to see the surprising result of the Democrats’ pushback.