Orbán Lost. Can Trump Be Next? What Hungary Teaches the USA — and Germany

In April 2026, Viktor Orbán lost. After 16 years in power, Hungary's nationalist 
strongman was crushed at the ballot box — 138 of 199 seats gone, nearly 80% voter 
turnout, the highest since Hungary became a democracy in 1990.

Now the US midterms are due. Democrats lead in the polls. 
And everyone is asking the same question: can the same thing happen in America?

In this episode of Over Here, Over There, we look at what Hungary's election 
actually tells us — and what it doesn't. Why the comparison with America is real 
but complicated. What Péter Magyar did right that others keep getting wrong. And 
why, from a German perspective, the lesson from Budapest goes deeper than any 
poll number.

Because when people truly understand what they stand to lose, they show up.
Eighty percent of them did in Hungary.

🎙️ Over Here, Over There — the transatlantic podcast comparing how the same 
world looks different in Europe and America.


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