Blue tsunami breaks MAGA: 5 takeaways from a blowout midterm election
Axios · Zachary Basu ·
Voters delivered a devastating verdict on Trump's second presidency.
The big picture: Two years after Trump's comeback appeared to herald a historic political realignment, voters delivered a devastating verdict on his second presidency.
- Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress, on course to gain as many as 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats — eclipsing their wildest pre-election expectations.
- The wave swept deep into Republican territory, from Texas and Georgia to both Carolinas, flipping hundreds of legislative seats and delivering Democratic trifectas in the unlikeliest of states.