US midterm elections 2026 results: Will President Donald Trump resign if Democratic Party defeats Republicans to win Senate, House of Representatives?

US midterm elections 2026 results will be declared Tuesday night onwards as Americans are eagerly awaiting to see who wins between President Donald Trump-led Republican Party or challenger Democratic Party and control the US Congress. Apprehensions are there that President Trump may take stringent measures if Democrats emerge as victorious.

For the past month, President Trump has held rallies across the country trying to preserve Republican control of the both houses of the US Congress -- the Senate and the House of Representatives, even as his aides privately prepare for a very different political landscape in 2027.

US midterm elections 2026 Scenario


Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot on Tuesday. Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority and a narrow edge in the House of Representatives. Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate to overturn Republicans' narrow 218-214 and 53-47 majorities.

Opinion polls favor Democrats to win the House of Representatives, while the Senate remains too close to call, leaving Democrats far short of a veto-proof two-thirds majority.

Losing either Senate or House of Representatives would let Democrats block President Trump's agenda for his final two years in office and launch investigations of an administration that has so far faced largely compliant Republican majorities.

If they win at least one chamber, Democrats could stage symbolic votes on critical issues. Meanwhile, 76 per cent of US voters are confident their ballots will be counted accurately, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from September 30 to October 5, with confidence about equally high among Republicans and Democrats.

Donald Trump to Resign after November 3?

President Donald Trump's White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his agenda through executive power while bracing for investigations of his administration, according to a White House official and two people familiar with the plans, Reuters reported.

Senior officials, including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and budget director Russell Vought, have been working with the White House Counsel's Office since April to identify executive actions on immigration, tariffs, housing costs and federal spending that Trump could pursue without congressional approval, said the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

White House counsel Will Scharf and his team also are looking at "what Trump can legally do on his own, where he could push the limits of his authority and how to defend those decisions in court," the White House official said.

The planning underscores a paradox of Tuesday's midterm elections: Capturing control of Congress would give Democrats the power to investigate Trump, block legislation and constrain his spending priorities. But Trump would retain broad executive authority over trade, foreign policy and the federal bureaucracy that he has already used aggressively during his second term.

President Trump is all set to take the fight till 2028 ruling out an imminent resignation from the American Presidency.