Donald Trump
From Texas turning blue to Trump's late-night rants: Internet reacts to US midterm results
Note: AI technology was used to generate this article’s audio.
- Democrats made significant gains in the Nov. 3 midterms, flipping traditionally Republican seats in Texas and South Carolina and winning control of both chambers of Congress.
The 2026 US midterm elections have sparked a wave of political jokes, viral videos and sharp commentary across social media, as creators celebrate Democratic victories, mock Republican setbacks and dissect some of the election's most talked-about moments.
Democrats made sweeping gains in the Nov. 3 elections, winning control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate while flipping several traditionally Republican seats. Among the biggest surprises were victories in Texas and South Carolina, where Democrats secured Senate seats previously held by Republicans, marking historic breakthroughs in both states.
The results also included major gubernatorial and state-level victories, turning the elections into a significant setback for President Donald Trump and his party. Against that backdrop, social media creators approached the results from different angles, mixing political satire, celebratory reactions and criticism of the president.
Zaydante celebrates the South's unexpected shift to blue
View this post on Instagram
Creator Zaydante took a celebratory and comedic approach to the Democratic gains, focusing on the party's victories across traditionally Republican territory.
In a viral reaction video, he joked about how unpopular a president would have to be for parts of the southern United States to turn blue, laughing at the prospect of states long associated with Republican politics backing Democrats.
"Imagine being so ass, South Carolina's like, 'Nah, man...'" he said, reacting to the Democratic Senate victory in the state.
He went on to describe the election map as something that looked more like a hypothetical scenario than an actual result, saying some states had not voted Democratic in decades.
"There are people in Texas who are probably the first in their bloodline to ever vote blue," he added, celebrating the historic shift before affectionately referring to South Carolina as "Blouth Blarolina" and the South as "the Blouth."
His reaction reflected the surprise surrounding the scale of Democratic gains in states that had remained Republican strongholds for generations. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton to capture a Senate seat, while Annie Andrews defeated Republican Darline Graham in South Carolina, the state's first Democratic Senate victory since 1998.
Saif turns the spotlight on family expectations and Abdul El-Sayed
View this post on Instagram
Creator Saif approached the election conversation through a comedic skit about family expectations and the pressure to measure up to other people's achievements.
The video features a mother comparing her son with Fatin's son, Abdul, who she describes as an exceptionally successful student with degrees from Oxford and Columbia. When her son says he plans to graduate and become an engineer, she insists she had always wanted him to become a doctor instead.
The exchange escalates when the son sarcastically suggests that perhaps his mother wants him to become a senator, “What do you want me to do? You want me to, like, run for senator or something?”. She dismisses the idea, saying Abdul might be capable of such a position, but her own son is not, “Senator? Why? You're stupid. Maybe Abdul can do that one day. He's very smart, not like you, hmar. His mom is so lucky.”
The skit plays on the familiar experience of being compared with high-achieving children in the community, using the prospect of becoming a senator as its punchline. Its reference to Abdul also comes amid the historic election of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who defeated Republican Mike Rogers to become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
John Casterline highlights Mamdani's viral response to JD Vance
View this post on Instagram
Meanwhile, creator John Casterline focused on what he described as one of the biggest social media "ratios" he had witnessed, referring to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's viral response to Vice President JD Vance.
Vance had published a list of purported Trump administration accomplishments in New York, including claims about falling crime, tax cuts and investments. Mamdani responded by sharing a short video of a man in a high-visibility vest pretending to hold back a moving subway train and help passengers board and exit, despite having nothing to do with its operation.
The clip was widely interpreted as mocking Vance for taking credit for achievements that were not necessarily attributable to the federal government.
Casterline compared the engagement on the two posts, noting that Vance's original post had received around 9,000 likes and 3,000 reposts, while Mamdani's response had amassed approximately 1.6 million likes and 240,000 reposts, according to the figures cited in his video.
"I truly haven't seen a bigger ratio," Casterline said, describing the exchange as hilarious regardless of its political implications.
The response also drew attention beyond the election results, illustrating how Mamdani continued to use humor and social media to challenge the Trump administration's messaging.
Harry Sisson slams Trump's late-night election posts
View this post on Instagram
Creator Harry Sisson, meanwhile, turned his attention to Trump, criticizing the president's late-night social media activity in the hours surrounding Election Day.
Scission highlighted a series of posts Trump published in the early hours of Nov. 3, including an AI-generated image depicting Winston Churchill delivering a message of praise to the president.
He also pointed to Trump's attacks on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who was running in Michigan, and his claims concerning Alaska's Senate race.
At 12:52 a.m., Trump posted that El-Sayed hated Jewish, Black and white people, adding that "only fools" would vote for him. At 1:12 a.m., he claimed that Alaska candidate Daniel J. Sullivan had disappeared and suggested he had been "kidnapped" by Democratic lawyers.
Scission dismissed Trump's accusations against El-Sayed as baseless and described the president's posts as evidence of panic ahead of the results.
"Yeah, I think it was time for Grandpa to put the phone down and go to bed," he said, questioning the president's conduct as the election unfolded.
The commentary took on added significance after El-Sayed went on to defeat Republican Mike Rogers, becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. His victory came after months of attacks from Trump and other Republicans targeting his background and political positions.
Together, the creators' reactions captured different sides of an election night that produced historic Democratic gains: celebration over traditionally Republican states turning blue, humor surrounding the rise of a new political figure, viral exchanges between politicians and criticism of a president facing a major electoral setback.
