Elections News Trump’s Conviction Prompts Election Year Debate Among Democrats How Much To Focus On The Verdict

Poll: Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms

Democrats have an early lead in next year’s battle for control of Congress amid an ongoing government shutdown, as more voters say President Donald Trump has not lived up to their expectations on ... Read More

Democrats romp in off-year elections, emboldening fight against Trump

Democrats scored big wins across the board on Tuesday night in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term, giving them new hope they can retake Congress during next year’s ... Read More

Democrats bask in election victories a year after Trump's reelection

Democrats took a victory lap on Wednesday after sweeping the first major elections since Donald Trump returned to the White House, a much-needed balm for a wounded party that had spent much of the ... Read More

2025 elections in NYC, New Jersey, Virginia to test Democrats, Trump in year before midterms

New York City's highly watched mayoral election is a rare three-person race that has attracted the attention of a former New Yorker, President Trump. Democrats chose Queens state Assemblyman Zohran ... Read More

Democrats dominate on Election Day 2025 as economic woes take a toll on Trump’s GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only ... Read More

As Trump awaits an early verdict with Tuesday’s elections, next year’s midterms are already on his mind

(CNN) — Even as Tuesday’s elections hang in the balance, President Donald Trump has bluntly suggested that he is already looking ahead to the 2026 midterm races with a sense of dread. “We’ve had ... Read More

GOP, Trump seen as getting more from shutdown deal; Democrats say party compromised too much, CBS poll finds

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

Democrats dominate as economic woes take a toll on Trump’s GOP: Takeaways from Election Day 2025

New Jersey Democratic Gov. elect Mikie Sherrill and Lt. Gov. elect Dale Caldwell celebrate during an election night party in East Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ... Read More