According to The Guardian, a piece by Saida Grundy describes a group of voters it calls "regret voters" who had backed Donald Trump and later found that they could not afford what they had supported. The article's headline, Flip voters discovered that Trump’s racism and xenophobia are expensive, links that finding to the cost of Trump's racism and xenophobia.
The Guardian reported that election predictions far exceeded public expectations for the first time in a decade. The outlet said pollsters had anticipated a blue wave, and that the result went beyond that expectation.
The Guardian said that wins holding ground in seats it describes as already blue eased nerves among its account's subjects. It also reported flips of swing states, naming Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio as examples.
The Guardian's summary of the article ends mid-list, so vote totals, margins and the number of voters the piece describes cannot be confirmed from the summary alone. The full article may contain figures that the excerpt does not show.
The article is attributed to Saida Grundy and was published on November 7, 2026, according to the summary. The Guardian's headline and summary frame the findings using the words racism and xenophobia, which reflect the article's own framing rather than separately reported figures.
Sources: The Guardian: Flip voters discovered that Trump’s racism and xenophobia are expensive.