# Theory: Trump \*wants\* to lose the midterm elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 25, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365 "2026-05-25T11:53:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/61 "2026-05-28T19:30:44Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > “ **voted with Trump 99% of the time** ” For me to vote for another Republican, it is going to have to be someone who “voted with Trump less than 50% of the time”. That’s a bare minimum. Better would be “voted with Trump less than 5% of the time”. I’ve voted for two Democrats in my life. Usually it is about half Republicans and half Libertarians. From now on in non-local races it is more likely to be Libertarian with possibly one or more Democrats. If the Republicans should become Conservative again, then I will seroiusly consider voting for Republicans again. But as long as they are radical far right, not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Larsedik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larsedik/32/19832_2.png) [@Larsedik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larsedik)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/62 "2026-06-01T15:05:30Z")
If he did not care about losing in November, he would not have been pushing all of the redistricting. He even said that if he loses Congress, he will be impeached again. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/63 "2026-06-01T22:57:01Z")
Hard to say. This is a ‘man’ that just loves stirring up shit. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/64 "2026-06-01T23:45:31Z")
> [@Larsedik](#): > > he did not care about losing in November, he would not have been pushing all of the redistricting. He even said that if he loses Congress, he will be impeached again. My sentiments exactly. Trump _knows_ that’s he’s done impeachable things. He doesn’t want to be called out on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/65 "2026-06-06T07:01:20Z")
Some people just love to complain. There is a slim possibility that when all the votes in California’s primary have been counted, el donald’s favorite, one of the republicans, could slip into third place and not appear on the November ballot. The federal investigation of fraud just found its excuse to get started. > **[How a simple mix-up fueled false conspiracies about L.A. vote count](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/simple-mix-fueled-false-conspiracies-014754786.html)** > > An update of votes for Los Angeles mayor, reported by media outlets, led some observers to believe there was a large batch of votes counted that included zero votes for candidate Spencer Pratt. There ... ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/66 "2026-06-08T19:06:12Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > There is a slim possibility that when all the votes in California’s primary have been counted, el donald’s fav That could be true of both the governor and LA mayor races…the discussion of which caused his head to explode on Meet the Press. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/67 "2026-06-09T01:48:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > the discussion of which caused his head to explode on Meet the Press. And it’s so absurd. It’s grade school stuff. They haven’t finished counting yet so I win! Let’s face it, if elections were that easy to rig, he wouldn’t be bitching about it. He’d be doing it. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/68 "2026-06-09T02:04:24Z")
And if Democrats were so adept at stealing elections, they would do it in swing states instead of wasting their time in California. And Spencer Pratt, his anointed one, has officially lost the LA mayor race. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/69 "2026-06-11T21:13:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > And Spencer Pratt, his anointed one, has officially lost the LA mayor race. I got off that LA freeway without getting killed or caught when that song was on the AM radio and the freeways still had names. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/70 "2026-07-25T04:10:52Z")
Maybe he is trying to prove that they are that easy to rig by attempting to do so. I can’t imagine that his wanting to make it harder for people to register to vote and to vote is not about rigging the election. If he can’t rig the election this year, I suspect that there is likely to be a Democrat House and a Democrat Senate. Rigging the election is all the chance he has. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/71 "2026-07-25T04:33:13Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > Maybe he is trying to prove that they are that easy to rig by attempting to do so. He will absolutely need to figure it out before his “fourth” term in 2028, which he publicly, repeatedly declared his intention to seek _today_. He even has merchandise already. I do not buy for a second that this humorless man was joking. A third (or fourth, since Biden “stole” a term from him) term is Constitutionally forbidden so the one and only way to make it happen is to rig an election. > **[Trump bashes ‘fake news,’ stokes 2028 furor in press gala rerun](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-returns-white-house-press-134351724.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall)** > > US President Donald Trump lashed out at "fake news media" and talked about serving a banned third term as he addressed a rescheduled White House correspondents dinner Friday, three months after the ev... However, given his poor health, it is likely he will not live that long. But if he does, we know what his plans are. It makes sense to see what he can get away with right now because he’s going to need as much of that as he can get when he violates the Constitution as if it was a teenage girl and then says she was asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/72 "2026-07-25T04:48:21Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > He will absolutely need to figure it out before his “fourth” term in 2028, which he publicly, repeatedly declared his intention to seek _today_. Which he’s done like twenty times already, so he can grift his rubes for more merch. It’s not happening and he knows it. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/73 "2026-07-25T08:26:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s not happening and he knows it. el donald knows it but the cult doesn’t. He can get their help storming the capital again. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365/74 "2026-07-25T17:57:18Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > I can’t imagine that his wanting to make it harder for people to register to vote and to vote is not about rigging the election. Of course it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-trump-wants-to-lose-the-midterm-elections/1030365.md?page=3)