Hill January 18, 2026
Nathaniel Weixel

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is a wild card ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

President Trump and parts of the Republican Party have aligned his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement with MAHA and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hoping to boost GOP prospects.

MAHA helped give Trump an important ally in Kennedy, a longtime Democrat before he endorsed Trump and joined his administration. That gave Republicans access to a new group of voters, which could be key to helping lift the party in a year where Trump’s ratings are underwater.

Trump’s overall job approval rating now stands at 39 percent, according to a Jan. 16 CNN poll. He...

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