Trump Questions Midterm Election Results in Truth Social Post, Citing Early Voting Totals and Machines
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump cast doubt on the results of last week's midterm elections in a Truth Social post on November 9, questioning whether the election was honest. He wrote that some early voting totals were so large that it was impossible to win no matter how many people went to vote, and that it was all about the machines, which he said are far more important than the voter. He also questioned how the polls could have been so wrong.
The post marks a shift from his stance in the first days after the vote. On election night, November 3, Trump told The New York Times he was absolutely willing to accept the results of the midterm elections and looked forward to working with Democrats in Congress. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview aired on November 8, he acknowledged the Republican defeats, attributing them to his not being on the ballot and to the Iran war driving up gasoline prices.
In the November 3 midterms, Democrats took control of both the Senate and the House, flipping double-digit Republican House districts and winning Senate races in historically Republican states such as Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Most public surveys before the election forecast a Democratic wave, and election officials across the country have not raised major concerns about early-voting discrepancies or voting machines in the 2026 races. Trump's post offered no specific evidence of fraud.
Trump has a long history of denying election results when he or Republicans lose. After losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, he made groundless voter-fraud claims and worked to overturn the result; he refuses to accept that defeat to this day.
Related: Trump Analyzes Republican Midterm Losses in 60 Minutes Interview
(Source: USA Today)
Source: USA Today
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