Democrats will win enough seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to gain control of the lower chamber of Congress -- propelled by a wave of discontent with the economy and the President, according to ABC News projections and Voter Polls.
Democrats flipped at least six Senate seats, including in Republican strongholds like Kansas and South Carolina, ABC News projects. And they flipped at least a dozen House seats as well as several governor's seats -- also in traditionally red states, making history in several cases. In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa denied Governor Greg Abbott, a close ally of the President, a fourth term.
A shift in the balance of power could curb the executive influence of President Donald Trump and could have meaningful implications for domestic and foreign policy amid a generally unpopular U.S. war with Iran, climbing inflation, and record-high fuel prices that have strained American households.
Two weeks ahead of the midterm elections, Trump's approval rating dipped to 37%, the lowest of this presidential term, and his 62% disapproval rating is a record high over both presidential terms, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel.
About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy (65%) -- a record high over both of Trump's presidential terms and roughly the same as then-President Joe Biden's worst economy rating in ABC/Post polling in September 2023 (64%).
Trump, who urged Americans at rallies across the country to "pretend I'm on the ballot" when they vote in the midterms, wrote on Twitter Tuesday night that he was "not on the ballot."
"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" Trump claimed.
The President told the New York Times in a phone interview on Tuesday night that he will accept the results of Tuesday's elections and said that he is willing to work with Democrats.
