Americans Care About Foreign Policy. Now Democrats Must Listen to Them.

Foreign Policy · Howard W. French · 2026-11-04 23:23 UTC

Here’s what Congress can actually do in the next two years.

Here’s what Congress can actually do in the next two years.

There is a trope of U.S. political journalism so time-tested as to nearly rise to the level of a verity: In making their choices, voters in the United States place little emphasis on foreign affairs. But yesterday’s overwhelming victory by opposition Democrats has proved that this falls well short of a rule.

One needn’t take this on my authority. On Wednesday morning, after picking through the disastrous results for his Republican Party, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance posted on social media: “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. … [E]veryone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.”

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