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'''MAGA''' is the acronym for "[[Make America Great Again]]," and the slogan of [[U.S.]] President [[Donald Trump]] who by 2024 had redefined [[American]] politics. "MAGA" refers to the [[grassroots]] political movement that elected Trump in 2016 and 2024, and is not always synonymous with Trump himself or all of his policies. After landslide losses for the [[Republican Party]] in the [[2026 midterm elections]], [[JD Vance]] immediately took the lead for MAGA.<ref>https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=hmmgxfK-1s1tekegfLo&s=20</ref>
'''MAGA''' is the acronym for "[[Make America Great Again]]," and the slogan of [[U.S.]] President [[Donald Trump]] who by 2024 had redefined [[American]] politics. "MAGA" refers to the [[grassroots]] political movement that elected Trump in 2016 and 2024, and is not always synonymous with Trump himself or all of his policies.
After landslide losses for the [[Republican Party]] in the [[2026 midterm elections]], [[JD Vance]] immediately took the lead for MAGA.<ref>https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=hmmgxfK-1s1tekegfLo&s=20</ref>
When Trump survived the assassination attempt on him on July 13, 2024, with tremendous bravery, MAGA rose in prominence to become the likely dominant political philosophy for the foreseeable future. It can be compared with the tremendous strength of the Jacksonian movement from 1824-1840, and the Lincoln Republicans from 1865-1912.
When Trump survived the assassination attempt on him on July 13, 2024, with tremendous bravery, MAGA rose in prominence to become the likely dominant political philosophy for the foreseeable future. It can be compared with the tremendous strength of the Jacksonian movement from 1824-1840, and the Lincoln Republicans from 1865-1912.
The [[Republican party]] received a shellacking in the [[2026 Midterm]] elections as many MAGA voters stayed home to protest [[inflation]] and [[perpetual war]]s.<ref>[https://www.stephensemler.com/p/two-charts-to-explain-the-gops-historic Two charts to explain the GOP’s historic midterm loss], ''Cost of [[war]] and [[cost of living]] explain the Republicans’ midterm defeat. Stephen Semler, Polygraph | Newsletter n°353 | Nov 06, 2026.</ref>
The [[Republican party]] received a shellacking in the [[2026 Midterm]] elections as many MAGA voters stayed home to protest [[inflation]] and [[perpetual war]]s.<ref>[https://www.stephensemler.com/p/two-charts-to-explain-the-gops-historic Two charts to explain the GOP’s historic midterm loss], ''Cost of [[war]] and [[cost of living]] explain the Republicans’ midterm defeat. Stephen Semler, Polygraph | Newsletter n°353 | Nov 06, 2026.</ref>
A full 90 percent of voters in exit polls cited Trump “corruption” as one of their crucial voting issues,<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/power-corruption-lies/ Power, Corruption and Lies]. Jeffrey Blehar, ''National Review'', Nov 5, 2026. {{Cquote|The administration was underwater and had been rejected by the voters long before then, and one of the most important (and least discussed) reasons was that Americans of all stripes have become disgusted with the naked, celebratorily selfish corruption that Trump and his administration have come to be synonymous with. A full 90 percent of voters in exit polls cited “corruption” as one of their crucial voting issues — and they weren’t thinking about Somalians in Minnesota..}}</ref> and the perception Trump didn't care about Americans and focused on renovations.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/reel/1103824582437170/ The Big 550 KTRS]. Why Trump Lost Voters: Ego, Tone, and the 'Reflecting Pool' Moment.
{{Cquote|You know we have been talking for years about gas and groceries that helped elect Donald Trump two years ago but something else happened last night that I think helps explain the aggravation and the and the and the magnitude of what happened.
One of the exit polls showed that 63% of Americans said that Donald Trump does not share their priorities and so in the end it wasn't just that folks were upset about high prices, they were even more upset about their feeling that Donald Trump did not care and did not focus and did not understand and did not sympathize.
All of those speeches during the campaign where he said affordability is a hoax. People knew .. that he was lying to them.
And so in the end, the repudiation of Trump was not just about his policies, it was about his attitude. It was about his apparent disdain and disregard for the problems of ordinary families, including many he voted for him.
[We] were talking about this the other day, on the last day of the campaign.
What did he do? He goes to the reflecting pool in Washington and makes a speech about how he fixed the pool, so there's no more algae in the pool.
Now that is an issue that affects exactly zero voters in Saint Louis or anywhere else in the country, and it was a perfect symbol for [..] exactly what I'm talking about. It was a symbol of how Donald Trump and his ego and in his self absorption totally lost.}}</ref>