Propelled by an unprecedented surge of rank-and-file enthusiasm and widespread urban and suburban dissatisfaction with President Trump, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2011.The party was even projected.
With victories in Tennessee, Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, Florida and Texas, Donald Trump's Republican Party extended its majority in the U.S. Senate, capitalizing on a lopsided battlefield that forced Democrats to defend 10 seats in states Trump won in 2016.The divergent outcome is largely a repudiation of Trump, who told supporters at a rally last month in Mississippi to "Pretend I'm on the ballot" - and a partial vindication.
Strong showings in Richmond and Oklahoma City, where GOP incumbents Dave Brat and Steve Russell went down in defeat, suggested Democrats could continue to pick off Trump districts and cushion their likely victory.
Trump called the refugees an "Invasion." He floated conspiracy theories about Democrats and billionaire George Soros having something to do with the caravan, but offered no proof.
The theory here was that many of those who voted for Trump in 2016 were nontraditional voters who might have rarely, if ever, voted in a midterm election.
A top Republican source with knowledge of voter data held by the Republican National Committee told Yahoo News the number of Trump voters who were nontraditional midterm voters had become an "Obsession" for key GOP operatives, and that this voting bloc had become key in many contests Republicans hoped to win.
So Trump's fear-mongering message was a tool meant to activate voters who cared little for the intricacies of policy or governance and sometimes even facts, but who would be eager to continue the movement that Trump started in 2016.The bottom line for many of Trump's supporters was that the president - stymied in their view by Congress as he sought to build a wall across the entire southern border - was doing something, anything - rather than nothing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voters-carry-republicans-victory-senate-house-teeters-edge-041422472.html
With victories in Tennessee, Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, Florida and Texas, Donald Trump's Republican Party extended its majority in the U.S. Senate, capitalizing on a lopsided battlefield that forced Democrats to defend 10 seats in states Trump won in 2016.The divergent outcome is largely a repudiation of Trump, who told supporters at a rally last month in Mississippi to "Pretend I'm on the ballot" - and a partial vindication.
Strong showings in Richmond and Oklahoma City, where GOP incumbents Dave Brat and Steve Russell went down in defeat, suggested Democrats could continue to pick off Trump districts and cushion their likely victory.
Trump called the refugees an "Invasion." He floated conspiracy theories about Democrats and billionaire George Soros having something to do with the caravan, but offered no proof.
The theory here was that many of those who voted for Trump in 2016 were nontraditional voters who might have rarely, if ever, voted in a midterm election.
A top Republican source with knowledge of voter data held by the Republican National Committee told Yahoo News the number of Trump voters who were nontraditional midterm voters had become an "Obsession" for key GOP operatives, and that this voting bloc had become key in many contests Republicans hoped to win.
So Trump's fear-mongering message was a tool meant to activate voters who cared little for the intricacies of policy or governance and sometimes even facts, but who would be eager to continue the movement that Trump started in 2016.The bottom line for many of Trump's supporters was that the president - stymied in their view by Congress as he sought to build a wall across the entire southern border - was doing something, anything - rather than nothing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voters-carry-republicans-victory-senate-house-teeters-edge-041422472.html
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