Understanding the 2026 Midterm Results

When the dust settles on the 2026 midterms, this session will analyze results through a long lens: what do they reveal about the tectonic pressures fissuring American democracy? Institutions are both the terms and the stakes: the House and Senate are in play, but the futures of the parties, the courts, and our communities hang in the balance. Will polarization keep hardening our schisms, or will the tension snap and reshape the terrain for 2028 and beyond?