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Democrats
sweep to
power in
Congress
after
blue-wave
election
Walter
Hargrove
-
Political
Analyst
Tell Us
USA News
Network
WASHINGTON
—
American
voters
delivered
a
political
earthquake
Tuesday,
handing
Democrats
control
of both
the
House
and
Senate
in a
sweeping
national
repudiation
of
President
Donald
Trump
and the
Republican
Party.
What
began as
a
favorable
environment
for
Democrats
became a
full-scale
blue
wave as
the
party
racked
up
victories
not only
in
traditional
battlegrounds,
but in
Republican
strongholds
that had
been
considered
safely
out of
reach
just
months
ago.
By early
Wednesday,
Democrats
had
wrested
away
enough
Senate
seats to
reclaim
the
chamber
while
simultaneously
flipping
the
House,
ending
Republican
control
of
Congress
and
dramatically
altering
the
balance
of power
in
Washington.
The
scale of
the
defeat
stunned
both
parties.
Democrats
broke
through
in
states
that had
long
formed
the
backbone
of
Republican
electoral
power,
capturing
Senate
victories
in
Texas,
Kansas,
Iowa,
South
Carolina,
Ohio and
Maine.
In race
after
race,
voters
rejected
Republican
candidates
tied
closely
to the
White
House,
producing
the
strongest
Democratic
midterm
performance
in a
generation.
The
results
represent
the most
significant
political
setback
of
Trump's
presidency
and
immediately
raise
questions
about
the
future
direction
of the
Republican
Party.
For
months,
warning
signs
had been
mounting.
Voters
consistently
expressed
frustration
over
rising
household
costs,
economic
uncertainty
and
growing
fatigue
with
Washington's
political
battles.
Democrats
successfully
channeled
that
dissatisfaction
into
turnout,
particularly
in
suburban
communities,
independent-heavy
districts
and
regions
that had
shifted
toward
Republicans
in
recent
election
cycles.
The most
alarming
signal
for
Republicans
was
where
the
losses
occurred.
Democrats
were not
merely
winning
traditional
blue
territory.
They
were
competing
and
winning
in areas
that had
comfortably
backed
Trump
and
other
Republican
candidates
for
years.
States
that
once
symbolized
GOP
dominance
became
evidence
of a
broad
voter
backlash
that
stretched
from the
Northeast
to the
South
and
across
the
Midwest.
The
House
battlefield
proved
equally
unforgiving
for
Republicans.
Democrats
flipped
districts
across
the
country,
building
what is
expected
to be
their
largest
congressional
majority
in
years.
Many of
the
races
were
called
hours
before
all
ballots
had been
counted,
reflecting
margins
that
exceeded
pre-election
forecasts.
The
outcome
now
gives
Democrats
the
ability
to block
major
portions
of the
president's
legislative
agenda,
launch
aggressive
congressional
investigations
and
force a
new era
of
divided
government
for the
final
two
years of
Trump's
term.
Republicans,
meanwhile,
enter a
period
of
political
reckoning.
Party
strategists
had
hoped
favorable
district
maps, a
strong
fundraising
advantage
and the
power of
incumbency
would
limit
Democratic
gains.
Instead,
voters
produced
a
verdict
far more
severe
than
most
public
polling
suggested.
The
message
from
Election
Day was
unmistakable:
Americans
were not
interested
in
sending
a
warning
shot.
They
delivered
a direct
rebuke.
As dawn
broke
over
Washington
on
Wednesday,
Democrats
were
celebrating
one of
the most
consequential
midterm
victories
in
modern
political
history,
while
Republicans
confronted
the
reality
that a
wave
they
dismissed
for
months
had
become a
tsunami.
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