President Donald Trump shared a post on his social media accounts by commentator Kevin Bass that has sparked debate about the results of the 2026 midterm elections.
The post states:
“Republican votes remained unchanged. Democrats gained 20
million new votes.”
The post accompanies this claim with a graphic comparing the
popular vote for the House of Representatives between 2022 and 2026.
According to the figures projected in the graphic,
Republicans would increase from approximately 54.2 million votes in 2022 to
55.6 million in 2026, while Democrats would increase from 51.3 million to about
70.4 million.
A subsequent analysis of the data estimated that the
Democratic increase would be smaller, closer to 15 million votes, and not the
20 million initially indicated. In any case, these are votes without a known
origin.