Historic Midterm Election Repudiates Trump and MAGA's Reactionary Agenda
CNN on election night -- image via news video screenshot
The Communist Party USA welcomes the historic repudiation of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement's fascist agenda in the 2026 midterm elections.
A broad left-center coalition, representing the people's movements in organized labor, Black and Hispanic communities, faith organizations, LGTBQ communities, and the women's movement secured control of both houses of Congress in defense of basic democratic rights. This achievement reflects a growing determination among working people and their allies to resist the policies of the Trump administration and chart a different course for the country.
Working people across the United States, together with broad democratic and liberal forces rejected the escalating abuses of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including its illegal use of indiscriminate interrogations of people of color, detention facilities, and extrajudicial killings.
The people rejected Trump's openly imperialist foreign policy, which threatens the sovereignty and well-being of peoples throughout the world while imposing enormous economic costs on working people at home. Voters were outraged by the brutality and cruelty associated with the Trump administration's military policies in the war against Iran, the oil blockade against Cuba, and the continued U.S. support for Israel's genocide and colonial occupation in Palestine. Tariffs, rising fuel prices, and the broader economic policies of the administration’s imperialist ambitions have placed an additional burden on working-class families, particularly those already struggling to make ends meet.
At the heart of this electoral repudiation was widespread working-class anger over the extreme levels of inequality produced by Trump's open alliance with the most reactionary sectors of monopoly capital. Millions of families face mounting difficulties affording food, housing, healthcare, and other basic necessities. The economic insecurity confronting working people underscores the failure of a system that puts maximum corporate profit ahead of human needs. In addition, the growing power of technology monopolies and billionaire interests has further undermined the quality of life and environment of working people, especially in rural communities. The rapid expansion of AI and data centers has raised serious concerns about water resources, environmental damage, and the growing reach of corporate and government surveillance technologies. Under Trump, these developments have accelerated while corporate power has become increasingly concentrated.
The extreme racism, misogyny, chauvinism, and anti-immigrant politics promoted at the highest levels of the MAGA movement also alienated broad sections of the electorate. The people rejected the growing influence of white nationalist and Christian nationalist forces.
Black people, who have consistently formed one of the most progressive voting constituencies in the country, turned out in large numbers to oppose MAGA's neo-Jim Crow gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts.
Jewish voters in Michigan turned out for Abdul El-Sayed at a higher rate than they had for Harris, delivering a significant rebuke to the political influence of the AIPAC lobby.
Latino and Asian American communities registered substantial shifts away from MAGA in several key contests, in some cases by as much as 20 percentage points compared with previous elections. These shifts reflect widespread opposition to Trump's racist rhetoric and policies.
Women voters moved decisively against MAGA, while significant shifts also occurred among white, rural, and male voters. The movement away from MAGA, including in previously conservative states, demonstrates the breadth of the opposition to policies rooted in division, repression, and economic insecurity.
“This result was not simply handed to the people; it had to be fought for and defended,” said Joelle Fishman, chair of the CPUSA Political Action Commission. “The Trump administration worked to narrow the electorate and shape the outcome through voter suppression, attacks on mail-in ballots, harassment and intimidation of immigrants and oppressed communities, and partisan gerrymandering.”
“We reject the racist and repressive project promoted by MAGA, which seeks to divide working people by race, class, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and religion,” said CPUSA Co-Chair Rossana Cambron.
“Trump's anti-communist attacks failed to sway voters,” said CPUSA Co-Chair Joe Sims. He pointed to the housing crisis, price gouging, and militarism as manifestations of “capitalism and the pursuit of maximum profit,” which he described as the “greatest threat” facing the country.
The fascist onslaught has been blunted for now, but the struggle is far from over. If Trump responds by further unleashing ICE, escalating repression, or intensifying imperialist policies against Iran, Palestine, and Cuba, the people must be prepared to respond through collective action and organized demands.
Finally, these election results do not resolve the underlying conditions that made the rise of Trumpism possible: extreme economic inequality, precarious employment, concentrated corporate power, and the continuing erosion of democratic rights. These are systemic problems rooted in the capitalist system itself.
The CPUSA and our grass-roots coalition partners continue to grow an independent political path. We celebrate the victory over MAGA forces, but understand the fight against capitalism and for socialism continues. Over the last few election cycles, the CPUSA has broadened its electoral strategy to run our own candidates at the state and local level. Our candidates continue to both win seats and bring the hope of a socialist future to the people through the electoral process. Ultimately, systemic change is necessary. Socialism offers a path toward an economy organized around human needs rather than private profit, democratic participation rather than concentrated corporate power, and the protection of people and the planet rather than exploitation.
Never backward, always forward.
For people and the planet before profits!
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