Post Game: I think this is a 'throw the bums out' election

Meet the Press aired an extended Post Game conversation on October 25, 2026, built around the notion that voters this fall are inclined to punish incumbents. Garrett Haake, Heidi Heitkamp and Pat McCrory went through the week's biggest political stories, and the segment took its title from the idea of a "throw the bums out" election, according to NBC News.

The broadcast sat amid a wide run of midterm coverage. Adam Schiff urged Democrats to stress household costs over impeachment and predicted his party would carry both chambers of Congress if voting happened today. Gretchen Whitmer said Republicans lack any plan to bring prices down and that voters are ready for a woman in the White House. Mike Rogers denied ever labeling Abdul El-Sayed a terrorist, a word Trump had applied to the Democrat.

Elsewhere, Steve Kornacki examined where Democrats see chances to pick up Senate seats in strongly Republican states. A forecaster moved an Ohio contest away from Republicans while Trump stood by a controversial advertisement. Latino voters who once backed Trump described changing course, and an Iowa resident voiced exhaustion with the bitterness of this year's campaigns.

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