The Dems have another opportunity here with Trump back in the WH and becoming more unpopular by the day. He is quickly going to lame duck status.
There will be some sort of Blue Wave in 2026.
The question is how big?
And that depends on the Dems being serious about delivering. Not just going after the corruption and chaos of the 2nd Trump administration.
This also holds true for 2028.
The base of the Dem Party is getting more radicalized against status quo politics. I’ve never heard suburban wine moms and boomers talk about politics this year before. I’m in Maryland so it’s a safe blue state but it’s gotten hit hard by Trump/DOGE. We also saw what just happened in Virginia.
The Dem establishment is still powerful but it is weaker than it’s been. The 2024 Election loss of the WH, House and Senate was a huge blow to them. Anti-Establishment candidates are popping up across the country to run in primaries. And the ones that the DCCC and DSCC are backing esp the Senate candidates chosen by Schumer and Gillibrand are more centrist, more pro Israel, and more pro corporatism.
You’ll need more insurgents across the country doing what the Tea Party and MAGA did to the Republican Party after George W. Bush left office in 2009 with 30% approval and John McCain losing to Barack Obama in a huge blue wave.