ABD ara seçimlerinde Cumhuriyetçiler hem Senato'da hem de Temsilciler Meclisi'nde Demokratların gerisinde kaldı. Başkan Donald Trump'ın büyük yenilgisi olarak görülen seçimlerin ardından yardımcısı JD Vance söylem değiştirdi.
''TRUMP'A OY VERENLER BU KEZ DEMOKRATLARA OY VERDİ''
Vance sosyal medya hesabı X üzerinden yaptığı paylaşımda, Trump'ın seçmenlerinin taraf değiştirdiğini belirtti. Vance, "Asıl sorun şu ki, 2024'te Trump/Vance'a oy veren birçok kişi 2026'da Demokratlara oy verdi" diye yazdı.
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 Israel Our 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
KAYIPTAKİ EN ÖNEMLİ 4 NEDEN
"Kaybetmemizin asıl sebebi neredeyse herkes için apaçık ortada. Kaybetmemizin sebebi savaştır." diyen Vance'a göre ''İran'daki savaşı sona erdirmek, yaşam maliyeti krizini ele almak, "Amerika'yı önceliklendirmek" ve "İsrail ile ilişkilerimizi değiştirmek.'' gerekiyor.
Vance, İran sorununu diplomatik yollarla çözmeye çağıran muhafazakar bir televizyon sunucusunun tavsiyesini de hatırlatarak, "Görünüşe göre siyasi tavsiyeleri yerindeymiş" diye yazdı.
Vance'in açıklamaları, aralarında İsrail Başbakanı Binyamin Netanyahu'nun da bulunduğu yeni bir çatışmayı destekleyenlere yönelik sert bir eleştiri niteliği taşıyor.
TRUMP'IN OĞLU DA ONAYLADI
Vance'in paylaşımı, Trump'ın oğlu Donald Jr. tarafından da paylaşıldı. Donald Jr., paylaşıma "Bunun her kelimesi yüzde 100 yüzde 100 yüzde 100 doğru" yorumunu ekledi.
Öte yandan seçim yenilgisinin ardından Trump yönetiminin ABD-İsrail ilişkilerinin siyasi bir yük haline geldiğini fark ettiği belirtildi.
ABD ARA SEÇİMLERİNDE SON DURUM
ABD halkı, bulundukları eyaletlerdeki valilik ve diğer yerel pozisyonların yanı sıra Kongrenin Temsilciler Meclisindeki 435 sandalyesinin tamamı, Senatodaki 100 sandalyenin de 35'i için 3 Kasım'da sandık başına gitti.
Açıklanan resmi olmayan ilk sonuçlara göre Demokratlar hem Senato hem Temsilciler Meclisinde çoğunluğu Cumhuriyetçilerin elinden aldı.
ABD seçim sisteminde 435 sandalyeli Temsilciler Meclisi üyelerinin hepsi, biri ABD başkanının seçildiği genel seçimlerde, diğeri de ara seçimde olmak üzere her iki yılda bir sandığa gidiyor.
Kongrenin 100 üyeli Senato kanadında da 6 yıllığına seçilen senatörlerin üçte biri, her iki yılda bir seçimle yenileniyor.
