Iran war: What does it mean for US voters? In November, we will know

March 2, 2026 — 10:30am

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With US casualties in the Iran war now reported, the longer the war continues the less support there is in America for President Donald Trump and the Republicans. Until the war on Iran ends, the political consequences will not be truly clear for the November midterm elections for control of Congress.

Sometimes, a president can win when he loses. John F. Kennedy, barely three months in office in 1961, survived the disastrous failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to overthrow the Castro regime. (Today, 65 years later, Trump is strangling Cuba’s economy to bring regime change to Cuba.) JFK’s honest ownership of the fiasco – “The final responsibilities of any failure is mine, and mine alone” – spiked his approval to more than 80 per cent.

Presidents can lose when they lose. Jimmy Carter suffered an immense blow to the confidence in him by the American people when a rescue mission failed to free the hostages taken by the Iranians following the 1979 Islamic revolution. Trump cited this ordeal........

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