Barabak: What's going to happen in the midterm election? Find out here. (Maybe)

Center: <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-voters-2677998183/" rel="noopener nofollow">&#39;Whoaaa&#39;: News panel astonished as expert shows how Trump voters could hand Dems the House — www.rawstory.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/04/how-roy-cooper-became-democrats-best-chance-flip-senate-seat/" rel="noopener nofollow">How Roy Cooper became Democrats’ best chance to flip a Senate seat — www.washingtonpost.com
Center: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/10/05/nx-s1-5943563/pharmacy-benefit-managers-pbms-tennessee-arkansas-regulation" rel="noopener nofollow">Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers — www.npr.org
Center-Left: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6126950-trump-funnels-millions-from-massive-war-chest-into-key-house-senate-races-heres-where/" rel="noopener nofollow">Trump funnels millions from massive war chest into key House, Senate races: Here&#39;s where — thehill.com
Right: <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/inside-the-langley-showdown-over-jfk-and-mk-ultra-secrets" rel="noopener nofollow">Inside the Langley showdown over JFK and MK-Ultra secrets — www.theblaze.com
Right: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6127091-trump-nebraska-senate-rally-ricketts-osborn/" rel="noopener nofollow">Trump takes red state midterm blitz to Nebraska as GOP frets over Senate race — thehill.com
Right: <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-midterms-2677998947/" rel="noopener nofollow">Analyst spots hole in Trump&#39;s base for Dems to build a &#39;firewall&#39;: &#39;Could be his undoing&#39; — www.rawstory.com
Right: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lee-carter-polls-say-democrats-could-swamp-republicans-pollster-question" rel="noopener nofollow">LEE CARTER: Polls say Democrats could swamp Republicans. As a pollster, I have a question — www.foxnews.com

Source: www.latimes.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Two of the country's top political prognosticators see Democrats likely seizing the House and possibly the Senate. The guardrails Republicans were counting on to stem their losses don't seem to be holding.