El vicepresidente J. D. Vance atribuye el desempeño de los republicanos en las elecciones intermedias directamente a la guerra con Irán.
“La razón por la que perdimos es la guerra. El propio presidente lo dijo anoche”, señaló Vance en una extensa publicación en X este martes por la mañana, en la que se distanció implícitamente del presidente Donald Trump y de su agenda.
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was «composition»—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we’re going to shock the world? «No,» he told me. «We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us.»
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to IsraelOur voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there’s going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I’m open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 4, 2026
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“Si alguien quiere argumentar que valió la pena —que perder el Senado durante los próximos seis años valió la pena—, que lo haga. Que sostenga que fue un costo que mereció la pena pagar. Estemos o no de acuerdo, al menos eso sería honesto”, afirmó.
“Pero todos saben por qué perdimos. Y cualquier conversación honesta sobre qué camino seguir a partir de ahora debe comenzar por ahí”, añadió Vance.
El vicepresidente mencionó que hubo otros factores que contribuyeron a las derrotas del Partido Republicano, señalando el costo de vida y la relación de Estados Unidos con Israel.
“Uno de los encuestadores a quien respeto mucho me comentó que nuestro mensaje económico no fue lo suficientemente contundente en la recta final. Estoy seguro de que es así”, escribió.
Vance también reconoció que tenía un mal presentimiento sobre la noche del martes: “Me sentía pesimista de cara al martes, pero aun así, esto me tomó por sorpresa”.
Trump ha reconocido que la guerra con Irán influyó en el resultado, aunque ha seguido defendiendo el conflicto que él mismo inició. “Creo que Irán tuvo algo que ver, pero, al mismo tiempo, la gente entendía la importancia de lo que he hecho con respecto a Irán”, declaró anoche a Fox News durante una llamada telefónica.
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