Allan Lichtman, the Keys and Trump's midterms on The Mark Thompson Show

The historian known for calling presidential races came back to the former KGO host's live show, and the comments filled about four times faster than usual.

Channel: The Mark Thompson Show Story of October 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 60,411 views a day, 6.1 times a normal first day on this channel (9,916).

Allan Lichtman Drops BOMBSHELL Update on What to Expect From Trump During the Midterms

What does the man behind the Keys to the White House expect from Donald Trump in the midterms? That question, billed in the title as a "BOMBSHELL Update," carried Allan Lichtman's latest conversation with Mark Thompson to about 60,000 views in its first day. A regular video on the channel usually opens with something closer to 10,000.

Lichtman, a historian at American University, is best known for the Keys, a set of true-or-false questions about the party in power that he has used to call presidential races since the 1980s. In 2024 they pointed to Kamala Harris, and that miss is still very much on viewers' minds. Much of the comment section is an argument over why the system got that race wrong and what it fails to measure, with plenty of commenters offering theories of their own.

It was his second appearance in two days. A day earlier, Lichtman joined Thompson's full live episode, whose notes describe his coming book, Great American Presidents: The Twelve Who Transformed the Nation, and say he considers Trump the worst president in history.

Thompson spent years as the announcer of American Idol and hosted a long-running program on KGO-AM in San Francisco. When the station changed formats, he kept the show going online, live every weekday and funded by its audience. With the midterms close, his guest list has turned to the big questions: political violence scholar Robert Pape was back the following day to talk about what the title calls "The DARK REALITY of the 2026 Midterms."

Published on Trari

Share this story

A ready picture for an Instagram story or a WhatsApp status.

Share the pictureSend the link

×Share the picture

Where next?

More from The Mark Thompson ShowVideo taking off 9.2x its usual first dayShuster and Mo'Kelly question Republicans' midterm advertising prioritiesThe Mark Thompson Show's fast-starting segment connects early turnout with a possible mismatch between campaign messages and voters' financial concerns.Channel: The Mark Thompson Show · Story of October 19, 2026 Also in Political commentators and debateVideo taking off 11x its usual first dayNapolitano's intelligence roundtable asks who controls the CIALarry Johnson and John Kiriakou connect presidential authority, sanctions and the risks of escalation with Iran in a fast-starting weekly wrap.Channel: Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom · Story of October 24, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo people are talking about 11x its usual commentsZelenskyy tells Steven Bartlett why he needed "ammunition, not a ride"In a nearly two-hour conversation, Ukraine's president moves from sleepless nights and grieving parents to Bucha, Paddington Bear and the morning the invasion …Channel: The Diary Of A CEO · Story of October 24, 2026

Or follow us on Telegram

Is this your channel?For the channel's owners and team: a ready picture, text and badge for your audience

Share the story with your audience. Everything is ready:

For a community post or your channel's description

Allan Lichtman, the Keys and Trump's midterms on The Mark Thompson Show The full story on Trari: https://trari.com/en/story/themarkthompsonshow-6783/?from=kit

Copy the text

For your website

You may use the picture, the badge, and link it to this story.

The numbers

The Lichtman interview lifted the whole channel, which drew roughly twice its usual daily views.

the video's first day

usual first day here

9,916

this video

60,411

subscribers

193,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

45,010,706

views per day

168,140

typical day: 77,967

the video

views

70,228

likes

1,714

comments

272

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Michael Heaver

205,000

Kinsey Schofield Unfilter…

203,000

The Mark Thompson Show

193,000

TYT's The Conversation

189,000

Mike Graham’s UKLIVE - Th…

184,000

Claus Kellerman POV

184,000

As of October 9, 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.