Conservative scholar and historian Victor Davis Hanson made some very specific predictions about the 2026 midterms during a recent podcast.
Despite the media’s endless push to make Democrat victory seem inevitable, Hanson sees good signs for Republicans in the Senate and maybe even the House.
He also thinks that the radical DSA candidates have put Democrats into a trap. They can’t fully embrace them but they can’t necessarily reject them either.
Transcript via Overton News:
Victor Davis Hanson just laid out a blunt midterm prediction: the socialist candidates are going to lose, and Democrats have no good way out — “These socialist candidates are stupid.”
He points out that if Democrats attack them, their base stays home. If they cater to them, Republicans will destroy them for it.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: “I’m very confident about the Senate. I think Al-Sayed is going to lose. I think Talarico is going to lose. I think Susan Collins is going to win. Jackson’s going to lose. I think they’re going to keep Lindsay Graham’s seat.”
He even says the Republicans have a chance to keep the House, defying historical precedent.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: “I’m cautiously optimistic they’ll hold the Senate and they have a 40 to 50% chance of holding the House.”
“The Democrats are not reacting well to them. And well, I shouldn’t say they’re not reacting. They don’t have a choice.”
“If they attack them, they’ll stay home in the general election. If they cater them, then they’re going to be hit by their Republican colleagues for endorsing these crazy positions.”
Watch the clip below:
Victor Davis Hanson just laid out a blunt midterm prediction: the socialist candidates are going to lose, and Democrats have no good way out — “These socialist candidates are stupid.”
He points out that if Democrats attack them, their base stays home. If they cater to them,… pic.twitter.com/gtWbVSunsC
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Democrats really thought they had this election in the bag. They thought they would easily ride a wave of anti-Trump hate right into power.
The reality on the ground is something else. Their embrace of the DSA could blow the whole thing for them.
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