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A Week After the Election, Democratic Gains Grow Stronger

Kyrsten Sinema became  the first Democratic senator elected in Arizona in 30 years.

New York Times:


Nov. 13, 2018 233 The 2018 midterm election looked last Tuesday like a serious but not crippling setback for Republicans, yet the picture has grown grimmer since then as a more complete tally of votes has come in across the country. 

 What looked at first like a modest Democratic majority in the House has grown into a stronger one: The party has gained 32 seats so far and appears on track to gain between 35 and 40 once all the counting is complete. And Democratic losses in the Senate look less serious than they did a week ago, after Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner in Arizona on Monday. 

It now looks like Democrats are likely to lose a net of one or two seats, rather than three or four as they feared last Tuesday. The underlying shifts in the electorate suggest President Trump may have to walk a precarious path to re-election in 2020, as several Midwestern states he won in 2016 threaten to slip away, and once-red states in the Southwest turn a purpler hue. The president’s strategy of sowing racial division and stoking alarm about immigration failed to lift his party, and Democratic messaging about health care undercut the benefit Republicans hoped to gain from a strong economy.