CAP report details 15 tactics of Trump administration election interference for 2026 midterms

The Center for American Progress published a major report on August 12, 2026, the third in a series on Trump’s 'imperial presidency.' The report alleges the administration is executing a plan to subvert the November 2026 midterms by deploying 15 interlocking tactics—including weaponizing federal databases, issuing unconstitutional executive orders to restrict voting access, gutting election security programs, intimidating election administrators, and threatening to deploy the military or federal agents to polling places. The report frames the effort as central to competitive authoritarianism, built on the discredited myth of widespread voter fraud, and warns that the Constitution grants presidents no authority over elections, which belongs to the states and Congress. The report aggregates both documented administration actions and analytical assessments.