President Donald Trump has lost all 21 of his lawsuits aimed at suppressing voters — including cases heard before Republican-appointed judges — and legal analysts warn that his tactics are becoming increasingly concerning as the defeats pile up. The string of rulings spans multiple federal districts, with judges repeatedly finding that the administration's legal arguments exceed the authority Congress granted under existing election law.

Democracy Docket's Zachary Roth, reporting on Trump's and MAGA-aligned voter suppression efforts in Missouri and Texas, noted on Sunday that "most ominously, Trump and his MAGA backers are already starting to target the Great Lakes State with their lies about illegal voting." Roth cited a social media post from Trump urging supporters not to "discount all of those fake mail-in ballots that will 'surprisingly' show up at the last moment. Get ready for another Rigged Election."

Roth identified several strategies Trump is deploying ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, including "Trump's order aimed at severely restricting mail voting, which the Supreme Court is now set to weigh in on; his administration's effort to prod states into removing large numbers of voters from the rolls; and even a potential scheme by House Republicans to prevent Democrats who won their races from being seated." The Supreme Court's involvement marks a significant escalation, as the justices' decision could reshape mail-in voting access nationwide — a method that tens of millions of Americans used in recent election cycles.

The Department of Justice's campaign to obtain state voter rolls suffered another setback, with judges dismissing lawsuits against Colorado and Washington, D.C. Roth described the department's record as "zero wins and 21 losses — or 22 if you count an appeals court defeat." According to Democracy Docket, a DOJ attorney was compelled to acknowledge during the Washington state case that nothing distinguishes it from previously dismissed suits. The lawyer argued that more than 20 federal courts had "misconstrued" U.S. law in ruling that the DOJ is not entitled to states' unredacted voter rolls, suggesting the department alone was correctly interpreting the relevant statute. The litigation centers on provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, which states have long interpreted as limiting federal access to roll data to specific enforcement purposes — a reading the courts have consistently upheld.

Dan Vicuña, Senior Policy Director for Voting and Fair Representation at Common Cause, told AlterNet in June that Trump's anti-democratic measures can be traced back to the 2020 presidential election.

"What they all add up to is a desire to avoid any accountability to the voters in the midterm elections — to ensure, to preordain the outcome of a midterm that he thinks is going to go badly for him," Vicuña said. "We know, from the Big Lie of the 2020 election to spurring on a violent revolt to overthrow a free and fair election, that he has no respect for democratic norms, for the voice of the people. This is entirely about his own power and his own ego. He will even invest in protecting that ego and protecting his power at the expense of the needs of the public. People are suffering with high gas prices and affordability issues, and he does not care. All that matters is protecting his power, and he has no interest in whether he does that through democratic means."

Vicuña added, "I think this all adds up to a desire to ensure that his party stays in power and his ability to do what he wants — to attack vulnerable communities — remains intact."

Following the article's publication, the White House provided a response to AlterNet.

"President Trump is committed to ensuring that Americans have full confidence in the administration of elections, and that includes totally accurate and up-to-date voter rolls free of errors and unlawfully registered non-citizen voters," said White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson. "The Civil Rights Act, National Voting Rights Act, and Help America Vote Act all give the Department of Justice full authority to ensure states comply with federal election laws, which mandate accurate state voter rolls. This campaign pledge from the President is why millions of Americans sent him back to the White House. The President has also urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act and other legislative proposals that would establish a uniform standard of photo ID for voting, prohibit no-excuse mail-in voting, and end the practice of ballot harvesting. Noncitizens voting is a crime. Anyone breaking the law will be held accountable."