In the 2026 midterms, voters face a choice between Democrats' socialist policy agenda and Republicans' mixed record of missed wins and unfinished business. The turn towards socialism within the Democratic Party is scaring off some traditional Democrat voters, though. Democrats have an antisemitism problemThere's growing concern that the Democratic Party has grown more tolerant of antisemitism, particularly on its progressive left. To the credit of House Republicans, it passed out of the lower chamber multiple times but has repeatedly stalled in the Senate due to the filibuster and intra-party divisions. Republicans currently trail Democrats by about six points on the generic congressional ballot, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average (Democrats 48.0%, Republicans 41.6%).