Votes are still being counted across the US following Tuesday’s midterm elections, and we do not know which party will control the House of Representatives after the Democrats were projected to hold the Senate on Saturday night.
But it is clear that Democrats fended off a predicted “red wave” of Republican wins across statewide and federal races, as they were buoyed by underperforming Trump-backed candidates, targeted spending on key races and a diverse base of support. Democrats’ losses at the federal level are historically low for the party of a sitting president facing his first midterm. And at the state level, the party posted gains in both legislatures and governorships.