WILL THE MIDTERMS END TRUMP?!?!?!

What are Midterms? Can Democrats win them? Will they stop Trump? This video is Episode 10 of my "Progressive Primers" series, which explains US politics from a Progressive perspective. Tip me on Ko-fi (or become a member, same content as Patreon I just keep more of the money): https://Ko-fi.com/hadirahim Please support me on Patreon:   / hadirahim   Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/TheHadiRahim 0:00 Intro 1:13 What are Midterms? 3:53 House of Representatives 5:34 Gerrymandering 9:11 Senate 12:13 North Carolina / Roy Cooper 13:10 Maine / Graham Platner 18:17 Ohio / Sherrod Brown 19:36 Alaska / Mary Peltola 20:23 Georgia / Jon Ossoff 21:00 Michigan / Open 23:17 Texas / James Talarico 26:02 Will Midterms Even Stop Trump? 27:33 Outro Sources other than those on screen: The Constitution of the United States California 52-0 Gerrymander: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/up... Election maps from Wikipedia Congress getting nothing done: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... Gerrymandering: https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/07/ger... (Yeah, technically, Elbridge Gerry found that map "disagreeable," but he still signed off on the map so I credit him as "doing gerrymandering." NC Gerrymandering: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/loc... VA Supreme Court Strikes Down Gerrymandering: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us... Half the population lives in 9 states: https://ic.institute/2025/02/26/just-...]s-make-up-more-than-half-the-u-s-population/ Cook Political Report on Georgia Senate: https://www.cookpolitical.com/senate/... Texas Demographics: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fac... Trump winning Hispanic men: https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exi... Music: Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa