US President Donald Trump questioned the magnitude of the Democratic vote's growth in the November 2026 midterm elections, sharing posts that describe the increase in votes obtained by that party, both nationally and in Texas, as extraordinary.
One of the posts shared by President Trump claims that
Democrats obtained approximately 20 million more votes than Republicans, a
difference that the president considers difficult to explain when compared to
the results of previous elections.
Another message highlighted the performance of Democratic
candidate Gina Hinojosa in Texas, who obtained around 5.23 million votes,
compared to the 4.84 million that Kamala Harris obtained in that state during
the 2024 presidential election. The difference is approximately 397,000 votes.
The publication also compared the result to the votes Joe
Biden received in Texas in 2020, when he garnered approximately 5.26 million.
However, with the cited count, Hinojosa was still slightly below that figure.
The 20 million figure is under scrutiny.
However, there is an important element in this controversy:
the figure of the additional 20 million does not correspond to a final election
result. It comes from a projection released when it was still estimated that
approximately 15% of the votes remained to be counted.