Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: So yes, the Republicans took a pounding – by recent American standards. By the standards of most other countries, however, the loss was relatively modest. The Republicans may have fallen to as low as 41 or 42 per cent in the popular vote for the House. That would be the worst showing for either party since Watergate. But it would exceed the winning party’s vote share in most recent Canadian elections.
The rebuke is even milder when compared to the scale of Republican misgovernment over the past two years. The record of Donald Trump since his return to office in 2025 has been recklessness abroad and lawlessness at home…