The 2026 midterm elections have arrived. Early voting has started in most states, and Election Day—the last day to vote—is fast approaching. If history holds true, the midterms are likely to see the confluence of two patterns that make it reasonable to predict that the Trump administration will attempt to undermine the election results: The party of the president generally has a weaker showing in midterms and President Trump’s track record of only respecting the will of the voters when he likes the outcome.
The playbook for the president’s likely election-denial efforts is well established. The Trump administration and election deniers have long been laying pretextual breadcrumbs for denying the results of any election in which their preferred candidate does not win. This includes repeated, unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of election equipment, mail ballots, and the citizenship of voters, which have served to cultivate a false narrative of widespread fraud. Americans should recognize this pattern of repeating thoroughly debunked falsehoods to avoid being distracted from the administration’s broader goal of undermining trust in election results and democracy.
More alarming than the rhetoric of Trump and his allies are the actions the Trump administration has taken based on this disinformation. Fortunately, the courts have repeatedly blocked most of these efforts thus far. However, these past actions demonstrate how the administration may utilize the resources and...
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