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Hanson weighs Iran's next phase as Daily Signal turns to midterms

Tony Kinnett's election-night broadcast brought Hanson into a five-hour program covering Congress and governors' races.

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Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase? | Victor Davis Hanson

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1:03Hanson argues that oil-market pressure involves refining bottlenecks as well as transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
3:00Iran's remaining missile and drone stocks, and possible foreign resupply, are key unknowns in his analysis.
4:42He assesses how Turkey, Israel and the Gulf states could influence the conflict's next phase.
7:55Hanson argues that constrained oil transport and filled storage facilities put additional pressure on Iran.
9:16He frames the choice as weakening Iran's military threat or facing a rearmed Iran several years later.

Could the midterms change the course of the Iran war? Victor Davis Hanson makes that connection in The Daily Signal's most-watched upload of the week, examining the possibility of renewed strikes after the vote and the economic pressure on Tehran.

"Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase? | Victor Davis Hanson" has drawn about 680,000 views. Hanson sets out a stark choice between weakening Iran's military capabilities and allowing it time to rearm. Those are his scenarios, not settled outcomes. He also identifies important unknowns, including Iran's remaining missile and drone stocks and possible resupply from China or Russia. The commentary ends with a sponsored segment for Alliance Defending Freedom.

The channel posted 17 videos across the week, with the election increasingly taking center stage. "The Final Countdown to the Midterms | Victor Davis Hanson" drew more than half a million views and is currently attracting views fastest among the channel's uploads. Its focus is domestic: historical midterm patterns, polling accuracy and the Senate contests that could shape Donald Trump's legislative room to maneuver.

Tony Kinnett then took the coverage into election night with a five-hour results broadcast. Its advertised lineup included Hanson, Sen. Tim Scott and Townhall's Kurt Schlichter, bringing extended live analysis alongside the channel's shorter commentaries.

The Daily Signal added about 10,000 subscribers over the week, while daily viewing is modestly above its usual level. Nearby in subscriber size, Pod Save America is having a pronounced daily viewing surge; Novara Media is a little below its usual daily audience. For The Daily Signal, the clearest momentum belongs to Hanson's election countdown, even as his Iran analysis holds the week's largest audience among new uploads.

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The facts

Channel: The Daily Signal
Subscribers: 1,230,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 7,324,745
Videos published this week: 17
Video published: October 29, 2026
Video views so far: 680,910
Views on its first day: 429,288

The numbers

Here is The Daily Signal's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

17,406,949

11,084,239

7,397,890

7,324,745

3,879,224

3,653,124

2,238,512

1,891,324

317,697

subscribers

1,230,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

497,138,089

views per day

1,182,591

typical day: 1,024,083

first-day views of each video posted this week

Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Fina…

429,288

The Final Countdown to the Midterms | V…

513,665

🚨BREAKING: DOJ Subpoenas 40+ Democrats…

345,832

🚨BREAKING: Minneapolis BANS DOJ from P…

279,846

Victor Davis Hanson: Carney’s Anti-Trum…

101,430

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

1,350,000

1,330,000

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1,280,000

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1,230,000

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As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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