众议院议长迈克·约翰逊态度强硬，民主党将目标选区扩大至58个共和党掌控的选区
2026-09-03 05:00:45 EDT / 福克斯新闻
作者：保罗·斯坦豪瑟 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月3日 美国东部时间上午5:00
当被问及不仅要保住甚至还要扩大共和党在国会的多数席位时，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我对选举夜的结果非常乐观。”
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距离选举日还有两个月，六个州的提前投票将于本月晚些时候启动，民主党人越来越乐观地认为他们可以重新夺回国会多数席位。
中期选举进入最后冲刺阶段，尽管民主党自身的全国性品牌形象不佳，但他们仍认为当前的政治环境出人意料地有利；而共和党人则坚称，结构性优势以及民主党向左翼靠拢的立场，将让他们打破中期选举的历史规律。
参议院共和党人以53比47的优势掌控该院，而众议院的多数席位则更加脆弱。领先的无党派政治预测机构的最新预测也越来越倾向于民主党。
但态度强硬的众议院议长迈克·约翰逊不仅预测共和党将保住该院的控制权，还告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我们将扩大多数席位优势。”
议长约翰逊打破历史的中期选举预测
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（中）于2026年8月17日在缅因州奥本与缅因州第二国会选区共和党提名候选人、前州长保罗·勒佩奇一同竞选。（保罗·斯坦豪瑟/福克斯新闻）
作为当前执政党，共和党本就面临着传统政治逆风——历史上中期选举年国会席位通常会出现流失。再加上民众日常在杂货店就能感受到的持续通胀、与伊朗的不得人心的战争推高的汽油价格，以及唐纳德·特朗普总统远低于及格线的支持率，让共和党处境更加艰难。
“共和党原本以为已经稳拿参议院，但现在民主党人正走在胜利的道路上，我们彻底打乱了竞选版图。”参议院民主党领袖、纽约州参议员查克·舒默两周前对记者表示。
但民主党人在试图中期选举夺回国会多数席位的过程中也面临自身问题，包括民调显示其政党品牌极不受欢迎。今年春夏，左翼和社会主义候选人在民主党初选中击败建制派对手的高调胜利，也给了共和党额外的弹药，将所有民主党人描绘成极端主义者。
这12场中期选举将决定哪个政党掌控参议院
国会候选人克莱尔·巴尔德斯、布拉德·兰德、市长佐赫兰·曼达尼和国会议员候选人达丽亚利扎·阿维拉·谢瓦利尔于2026年6月18日在纽约市国王剧院举行的“动员投票”集会上举手。（迈克尔·M·圣地亚哥/盖蒂图片社）
“这是一场对比鲜明的选举，民众正在对比常识性解决方案与候选人，而另一方代表的则是真正的疯狂。”约翰逊在缅因州竞选期间接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时声称，“我对选举夜的结果非常乐观。”
在众议院的角逐中，特朗普和共和党领导人推动的中期选区重划给共和党带来了提振，全美范围内可能新增多达12个倾向保守党的新划定选区。
但有迹象表明共和党面临着艰难的选情：众议院民主党人上月将中期选举目标选区扩大至58个共和党掌控的选区，其中包括特朗普在2024年赢得的12个席位。
两年前特朗普和共和党获胜的动力来自受高生活成本困扰的美国民众。而两年后，通胀成为共和党最大的软肋。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统于2026年8月21日在南卡罗来纳州默特尔比奇会议中心为美国参议员达琳·格雷厄姆举行的竞选集会上发表讲话前指向观众。（索尔·洛布/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
在最新的福克斯新闻全国民调中，四分之三的受访者表示通胀给他们带来了经济困难，54%的人预计经济会进一步恶化。
福克斯新闻民调以及其他近期调查还显示，民主党人的投票热情高于共和党，且在通用选票问题上继续领先——该问题询问受访者在不提及具体候选人的情况下，会投票给民主党还是共和党候选人。
“唐纳德·特朗普发动了一场无人想要的战争，现在美国人正在为此付出代价。汽油价格飙升，本已在特朗普执政时期的经济中苦苦挣扎的家庭，在为这场战争买单的同时，不得不进一步紧缩预算。”民主党全国委员会主席肯·马丁在一份声明中表示。
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共和党在竞选资金上领先民主党，并且对中期选举仍持乐观态度。
“我们有机会打破历史规律，赢得中期选举。”共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯今年夏天告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
格鲁特斯和其他共和党领导人重点宣传了国会共和党通过并由特朗普签署成为法律的针对小费、加班费和社会保障税的重大减税政策。
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但共和党面临着投票率低迷的问题：没有特朗普名字出现在选票上时，“让美国再次伟大”的选民并不总是会前往投票站投票。
格鲁特斯称特朗普是“政治史上无与伦比的最佳表演家……他知道如何吸引这些投票率低迷的选民，知道如何调动人们的积极性，让他们为中期选举感到兴奋，而这正是我们所需要的。”
他还提到了下周举办的首届共和党中期选举大会，表示“这让我们有机会展示这位总统在这场伟大的美国复兴进程中所做的一切好事。”
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但民主党也在宣传自身的动员投票努力。
“今年，民主党全国委员会的组织团队推出了‘本地倾听者’项目，这是一个前所未有的项目，与近1万名2020年投票但2024年未投票的选民进行了沟通。”民主党全国委员会的马丁说，“我们的发现可能会改变今年中期选举的局势。”
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Johnson downplays GOP’s midterm woes as Democrats eye House takeover: ‘I am very bullish’
House Speaker Mike Johnson remains defiant as Democrats expand their target list to 58 Republican-held districts
2026-09-03 05:00:45 EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published September 3, 2026 5:00am EDT
Asked about not only holding but growing the GOP’s congressional majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson tells News Digital ‘I am very bullish about the outcome on Election Night.’
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With two months to go until Election Day, and early voting kicking off later this month in half a dozen states, Democrats are increasingly optimistic they can recapture congressional majorities.
With the final stretch towards the midterms underway, Democrats see an unexpectedly favorable political environment despite their own weak national brand, while Republicans insist structural advantages and the Democrats’ shift to the left will allow them to defy midterm history.
Senate Republicans control their chamber by a 53-47 margin, and the majority is even more fragile in the House. And the latest forecasts from the leading nonpartisan political handicappers keep leaning towards the Democrats.
But a defiant House Speaker Mike Johnson not only predicts the GOP will hold control of the chamber, but he tells Fox News Digital, “We’re going to grow the majority.”
SPEAKER JOHNSON’S MIDTERM PREDICTION TO BUCK HISTORY
House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, campaigns with former Gov. Paul LePage, the Republican nominee in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, in Auburn, Maine, on August 17, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Republicans — as the party currently in power — were already up against traditional political headwinds that have historically led to a loss of congressional seats during midterm election years. Add to that the challenging climate fueled by persistent inflation Americans see daily at the grocery store, high gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s well underwater approval ratings.
“We are going to take back the Senate. Republicans thought they had the Senate locked down, but now Democrats, we are on the path to victory. We’ve blown the map wide open,” longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York told reporters two weeks ago.
But Democrats have problems of their own as they try to win back control of congressional majorities in the midterms, including a party brand that public opinion polling indicates is extremely unpopular. And high-profile victories this spring and summer by left-wing and socialist candidates over establishment rivals in Democratic primaries are giving Republicans extra ammunition to portray all Democrats as extremists.
THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE
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“It’s a contrast election, and people are making a contrast between common-sense solutions and candidates, and really crazy, which is represented by the other side,” Johnson claimed, during a Fox News Digital interview on the campaign trail in Maine. “I am very bullish about the outcome on election night.”
In the battle for the House, the mid-decade redistricting push by Trump and GOP leaders is giving Republicans a boost, with a potential net gain of up to a dozen newly drawn right-tilting districts across the country.
But in a sign of the rough landscape facing the GOP, House Democrats last month expanded their midterm target list to 58 Republican-held districts, including 12 seats in territory Trump carried in 2024.
The victories by Trump and Republicans two years ago were fueled by Americans fed up with the high cost of living. Two years later, inflation is the Republicans’ biggest liability.
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Three out of four voters questioned in the most recent Fox News national poll said inflation had caused financial hardship, while 54% expected the economy to worsen.
The Fox News poll and other recent surveys also indicate Democrats holding an enthusiasm advantage over Republicans, and continuing to lead on the generic ballot question, which asks if a respondent would vote for the Democrat or Republican in their congressional district without offering specific names.
“Donald Trump started a war that no one wanted, and now Americans are paying the price. Gas prices are soaring and families who were already struggling in Trump’s economy are forced to stretch their budgets even further while footing the bill for this war,”Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said in a statement.
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Republicans hold a campaign cash edge over Democrats, and remain optimistic about the midterms.
“We have a chance to defy history and win the midterms,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital this summer.
Gruters and other GOP leaders are spotlighting the major tax cuts on tips, overtime and Social Security that congressional Republicans passed and Trump signed into law last year.
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But Republicans are facing a low-propensity problem: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.
Gruters called Trump the “best showman that’s ever existed in politics, bar none… He knows how to deliver these low-propensity voters. He knows how to get people up, motivated, excited about the midterms, and that’s what we’re going to need.”
And he pointed to next week’s first ever GOP midterm convention and said, “It gives us a chance to highlight all the wonderful things this president has done in our effort on this great American comeback.”
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But Democrats are touting their own get-out-the-vote efforts.
“This year, the DNC organizing team launched Local Listeners, a first-of-its-kind program that talked to nearly 10,000 people who voted in 2020, but not 2024,” the DNC’s Martin said. “What we found could change the game for the midterms this year.”
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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