Elections: control of Congress in the United States is defined

Republicans were on their way Wednesday to recover the House of Representatives from Congress, but they were still fighting vote by vote for control of the Senate, pending the final result of the midterm elections. Early data showed a better-than-expected result for Democrats, based on what most forecasts predicted. In the House of Representatives, Republicans appeared to secure a majority. As of this morning, 199 seats were secured, just 19 away from gaining control, against the Democrats’ 172. The scenario was different in the Senate, where they maintained a tie (48 to 48) and disputed vote by vote the last four seats. The definition still remained in five of the 36 states that elected governor. And while Republicans retained Texas and Florida, Democrats managed to wrest the governorships of Maryland and Massachusetts from him.” It’s not a Republican wave, it’s rather a small weak wave,” analyzed The Economist, which pointed to former President Donald Trump as one of the big losers, emphasizing the defeat of the candidates he supported. Mr. Trump’s special power is over the berserker faction of the Republican Party, which has influence in the primaries. But for the rest of the electorate he is becoming what he ridicules the most: a loser.”

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