Democrats defied expectations and expanded into deep-red territory on Nov. 3, fracturing President Donald Trump’s coalition and delivering double-digit swings in key demographics that drove his 2024 victory.
Democrats gained control of Congress, picking up at least seven Senate seats: Maine, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa.
More wins are possible, as Democratic candidates hold narrow leads in undeclared races in Alaska and Mississippi. The party reached a 237-seat House majority with 59 races yet to be called.
“We haven’t seen a Congress that looks like this since the ’90s. I think this will go down as one of the most impactful election landslides we’ve seen since the 1970s when the Watergate class entered Congress,” Aaron Dusso, an associate professor of political science at Indiana University–Indianapolis, told The Epoch Times….