US midterm election – voters roared

THE 2026 US midterm elections, 2 years after and 2 years before the presidential election, were held on November 3, when all 435 members of the US House of Representatives, with 2-year terms; one-third of US Senators (two for each state – total 50 states, 100 US Senators), with 6-year terms; several state governors; and many state legislators were elected. 

Midterm elections are always a referendum on the president and his/her party. The current President is Donald Trump and he represents the Republican Party. There are only two main political parties in the USA: the Democratic and Republican Parties. 

The results were astonishing. The people were upset about the high gas and diesel prices due to the Iran war, high food and grocery prices, apparent corruption in the leadership of the federal government, and, above all, the government's efforts to eliminate the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program in employment and other areas and the ill-treatment of Hispanics and Latinos in illegal immigration enforcement. 

The voters revolted with a big roar. Many people, especially the low-income and Black and Hispanic minorities, were hurt, and they came out in large numbers and voted for Democrats. Democratic victory was astounding. In the House of Representatives, with a 220 to 215 Republican majority, it is going to be about 260 to 175 for Democrats; in the U.S. Senate, the 53 to 47 majority for Republicans may reach 56 to 44 for Democrats and out of the 34 new state governors elected, Democrats won 24 and Republicans won 12.

When everybody thought that the policies of the government were against the minorities and working class, from one Black governor, now there are five black governors; one of them is Republican, there are two Hispanic governors in the two biggest states, California and Texas, and there is a new Native American Governor in New Mexico. 

The Georgia governor is the first Black woman in US history, and in Georgia, all 8 top positions in the state government were won by Black women. More Black senators were elected; Michigan elected the first Muslim senator, and there are seven Indian American House of Representatives, which include three women. Above all, Los Angeles, the second biggest City in the USA, elected a Malayalee Mayor born in Thiruvananthapuram.

USA proved that its democracy works. The great truth of democracy is that to be a leader, you need to face elections, and people can vote you out if you do not keep your word or if you do not do anything beneficial to the people, because it is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. 

The current revolt in India is a display of democracy and if the Election Commission is found guilty of the accusations, it will have great repercussions. Voters will roar if the elected leaders do not do what they promised to do to get elected. We recently saw the new generation revolting in the democratic countries of Europe: Albania, Italy, France and Germany. The new generation cannot be separated by religion, ethnicity, skin, or where you are born.

Long live Democracy.