'Our voters backed Democrats': Vance blames Iran war for Republicans' midterms rout

US vice president JD Vance on Wednesday (local time) attributed the Republicans' midterm election rout to supporters' dissatisfaction with the Trump administration, particularly over the Iran war, saying many Republican voters, therefore, backed Democratic candidates.Also Read: Republicans trumped, stumped, and dumped as Democrats win both House and Senate"There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? 'No,' he told me. 'We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guy'," Vance posted on X."Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026," he added.Referring to a conversation with a pollster, whom he described as "one of the smartest persons I know in politics", Vance recalled being told that Republicans could lose the generic ballot by 13 points."...