{"id":382333,"date":"2026-10-28T05:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=382333"},"modified":"2026-10-28T05:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:12:05","slug":"michael-douglas-2018-midterm-prediction-missed-the-mark-he-called-a-democratic-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/michael-douglas-2018-midterm-prediction-missed-the-mark-he-called-a-democratic-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas\u2019 2018 midterm prediction missed the mark: he called a Democratic \u201cmassacre\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2018, Michael Douglas was predicting a Democratic \u201cmassacre\u201d in the U.S. midterm elections, the kind of result that would cut into President Donald Trump\u2019s power in Washington. He said Trump had worn voters down with the same promises and the same rhetoric, argued that even parts of the Midwest seemed to be moving, and stepped right into the broader 2018 \u201cblue wave\u201d argument over healthcare, immigration, and the more combative tone politics had taken on.<\/p>\n

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Douglas also said the U.S. Congress would \u201cobviously change hands<\/strong>.\u201d He even floated a Democratic Senate takeover, despite the difficult map, because that would mean subpoenas, renewed investigations into corruption and cronyism, and more oversight, though he also argued that Democrats should start with affordability and other cost-of-living concerns.<\/p>\n\n

What happened was a little more mixed. Democrats flipped 41 House seats<\/strong> and took back the House for the first time in eight years, but Republicans held the Senate and expanded their majority to 53 seats, so the backlash to Donald Trump was real, just not absolute.<\/p>\n\n

For people who follow celebrity activism, the remark still stands out. You can put it next to Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna as one more memorable case of Hollywood\u2019s Trump-era intensity running into an electorate that was energized, polarized, and split.<\/p>\n

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Back in 2018, Michael Douglas was predicting a Democratic \u201cmassacre\u201d in the U.S. midterm elections, the kind of result that would cut into President Donald Trump\u2019s power in Washington. He said Trump had worn voters down with the same promises and the same rhetoric, argued that even parts of the Midwest seemed to be moving, … Continue reading “Michael Douglas\u2019 2018 midterm prediction missed the mark: he called a Democratic \u201cmassacre\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":382332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-382333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t