Video taking off 34x its usual first day

Texas celebrations meet Trump's response in a three-minute midterm montage

Guardian News stitches together election calls, victory speeches and the president's reaction as Democrats take both chambers of Congress.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 549,264 views a day, 34 times a normal first day on this channel (16,368).

How the blue wave conquered the midterms in three minutes

"I never thought I'd live to see this," a voter says after the Texas results. Guardian News places that moment inside a brisk compilation that moves from the first poll closures to Democratic celebrations and Donald Trump's response.

Its title, "How the blue wave conquered the midterms in three minutes", promises a compressed election night rather than a detailed explanation of why people voted as they did. The video delivers that sequence through broadcasters announcing results, candidates addressing supporters and reactions as Republican-held offices change hands.

The Short reached nearly 400,000 views in 13 hours, a start far beyond the channel's usual for this format.

Georgia and North Carolina Senate calls give way to James Talarico's Texas victory and the state's Democratic gubernatorial win. South Carolina, Ohio and Maine follow. In the Texas footage, Talarico tells supporters: "We just took back Texas."

The edit then turns from celebrations to Trump's insistence that Republicans would have won had he been on the ballot. In a Fox News phone interview, he points instead to candidates: "They didn't like the candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me..."

Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory also appears, including his pointed request to be called senator. Guardian News has given that exchange its own separate Short, another unusually widely watched upload alongside the broader election-night recap.

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A different discovery todayVideo taking off 66x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel turns Idaho's state-gun vote into an attack adHis midterm monologue also gives Mike Johnson a Sarah McLachlan farewell before his assistant Natalie zips herself into a duffel bag.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 5, 2026

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The facts

Channel: Guardian News
Subscribers: 4,070,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 7,425,149
Channel views, pace per day: 920,866 (on a normal day: 1,152,709)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 397,076 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 549,264

The numbers

The election-night compilation is running far above Guardian News's usual Short start. Its separate El-Sayed clip has also drawn an unusually large audience.

the video's first day

usual first day here

16,368

this video

549,264

subscribers

4,070,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,635,334,716

views per day

920,866