Elections Forecaster Says Both Parties’ Midterms Prospects a Mixed Medley

Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter tells state lawmakers that Republicans’ odds of retaining the House depends on 2024 Trump voters showing up in 2026.

The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter Publisher and editor-in-chief Amy Walter (left) responds to a query from National Conference of State Legislatures Chief Executive Officer Tim Storey during a discussion at the conference’s annual summit in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 5, 2025. John Haughey/The Epoch Times

BOSTON—President Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral victory was buoyed by a surge in support from independents, Latinos, and “sporadic voters”—especially young men—casting their ballots to return him to the White House with Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

For the GOP to retain the Congressional advantages needed to shepherd Trump’s agenda from aspiration to action, those are the voters that Republicans must continue to court, The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter publisher and editor-in-chief Amy Walter maintains.