# Red and blue America have united in their hatred for Donald Trump | Ben Davis

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/red-and-blue-america-have-united-in-their-hatred-for-donald-trump-ben-davis/
- Published: 2026-11-04T06:00:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T04:40:53+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/03/trump-republicans-democrats-unpopular
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Davis says voters rejected Trump and Republicans across the US.
- The Republican losses crossed regions and voter groups.
- He argues opposition to Trump has bridged partisan divides.

## Summary

Ben Davis argues that the US election marks a broad rejection of Donald Trump and the Republican Party, across regions and voter groups. He says the result could signal a decline in Trumpism, because voters who had accepted Trump’s attacks on democratic norms and foreign policy expectations did so in hope of greater economic and physical security, which he believes his second term has failed to deliver.

Davis contrasts this election with earlier contests, which he says were shaped by shifts among particular groups or reactions to specific issues. This time, he says, Republicans lost support nationwide and across the ballot, and the blue wave was larger than pre-election polls suggested. He describes this as a break from the usual pattern in which strongly red and blue states remain divided, arguing that opposition to Trump has brought voters together.

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