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- Donald Trump and the Republican Party suffered a historic, humiliating defeat in the 2026 midterms, which the article traces to the Iran war and the cost-of-living crisis it produced, with Trump losing his majority in Congress.
- Joe Biden deferred to Benjamin Netanyahu and funded and enabled what the source calls a genocide in Gaza, and Democrats were punished at the polls a year later over the same policy.
- George W. Bush onward, American voters have repeatedly backed presidents promising less foreign adventurism — Obama, then Trump and Biden — and exit polling now shows wars have become a crucial factor in how they vote.
- Israel's relationship with the U.S. was on the ballot in many 2026 contests, and Republicans and Democrats alike rejected it in favor of recentering priorities on national interests, including ending the flow of military aid.
- YouGov–IMEU Policy Project polling from January 2025 found a plurality of 2020 Biden voters who skipped Harris in 2024 stayed home because of Democrats' Gaza policy, and Axios reported the party's own election autopsy blamed Gaza for losses in some constituencies.
- Abdul El-Sayed was elected senator in Michigan and was cheered for accusing Israel of genocide and apartheid in his victory speech, while Texas voters elected a candidate who rejects AIPAC money and says seeing Gaza makes him sick.
- AIPAC put more than $55 million into midterm races it lost, and the article argues that both Trump and Biden voters have now rejected the hegemonic foreign-policy paradigm built on militarism and deference to Israel.
- Congress faces a December 11 expiration of the continuing resolution for federal government funding, and the source insists any stopgap must deny new money for the Iran War.
Why it matters: Congress must act by December 11 to fund the government, and the election gives both parties leverage to withhold money for the Iran War — the same cycle in which AIPAC spent more than $55 million on losing races and voters rejected both parties' Israel-aligned policies.
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