Claim: A video allegedly shows Australians in Melbourne celebrating after the Democrats won Texas in the 2026 US Midterm Elections.
Conclusion: The claim is false. The video actually shows Australians celebrating after Australia scored a goal against Denmark during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The footage is unrelated to the 2026 US Midterm Elections and has been falsely shared as showing celebrations following the Democrats’ victory in Texas.
Rating: False 
Several social media users have shared a video and claimed that it showcases Australians celebrating after Democrats won the state of Texas. Verified X user ‘Haydenfreedom’ shared such a post with the caption : “Incredible scenes in Melbourne Australia as it’s announced Texas has gone blue and Trump has lost the midterms.” Attached to the post is a 40 second video that showcases people celebrating. The post gained more than 1.1 million views and can be seen below –
Incredible scenes in Melbourne Australia as it’s announced Texas has gone blue and Trump has lost the midterms https://t.co/UKZyowt79g
— Hayden 🇦🇺 🇺🇦 (@Haydenfreedom) November 4, 2026
Other users have shared similar claims that can be seen here and here
THE POLITICAL SHOCKWAVES ARE GOING GLOBAL 🌎🔥
From Texas to Melbourne, celebrations are spilling onto the streets as Democrats celebrate their election gains and Trump’s political setback.
When American politics makes headlines even on the other side of the world, you know this election has made a statement 🇺🇸
— CA Anurag (@CAAnurag_) November 4, 2026
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found it to be false. The footage shows Australian fans cheering after their national team scored a goal against Denmark during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Although Democrats secured a historic victory in Texas in the 2026 US Midterm Elections, the video has no connection to the election results and depicts an entirely different event.
Details:
We first conducted a reverse image search on various keyframes of the video to learn about the origin. The search took us to a Youtube video uploaded on 1 December, 2022, titled : “Australian Fans Erupt After Winning Goal Against Denmark” The description states that “fans in Melbourne erupted in cheers in the early hours of December 1 when Australia scored their winning goal against Denmark to advance to the World Cup knockout stage.”
The visuals of the above video matches that of the claim, confirming that the claim is false. Moreover, the person who shared the claim has shared a video that was uploaded by X user ‘jamessmartLP’ on November 30, 2022. The post clearly conveys that the celebrations are after a goal at the FIFA World Cup and the location is Federation Square from Melbourne, Victoria. View a screenshot of this below –
Following this, we conducted a web search to learn about Australia versus Denmark at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. We learnt that Australia defeated Denmark 1-0 on November 30, 2022, at Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup. Mathew Leckie scored the winning goal at the 60th minute.
As for the 2026 US Midterm elections, the BBC reported that Democrats made history in Texas, with James Talarico defeating Republican Ken Paxton to become the first Democrat to win a US Senate seat in the state since 1988. Democrat Gina Hinojosa also defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott to become Texas’s first Latina governor. Celebrating the historic victories, Talarico declared, “We just took back Texas,”
Thus the video in the claim shows Australians celebrating after Australia scored a goal against Denmark during the 2022 FIFA World Cup and not about celebrations after the Democrats won Texas in the 2026 US Midterm Elections.
Thus, the claim is false.
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