Jun Kwon PO ’28 analyzes the recent midterm results, where Democrats took back control of the House and the Senate in historic sweeps. Nearly every swing state and district went in Democrats’ favor and displayed positive signs in voting patterns and turnout.
“To put that in perspective, Democrats gained at least seven new U.S. Senate seats on Tuesday night and are projected to reach close to 260 seats in the House of Representatives,” Kwon writes. “2018’s midterm, often considered the blue wave of this century, doesn’t come close to the blue dominance witnessed this past week. This landslide has the potential to be a redefining moment for the progressive movement, a shock that feels decisive for the future of Democrats led by fresh faces, amid a declining MAGA sect on its way out of D.C.”
Despite the temporary nature of an election-night victory, Democrats, the majority party going into January 2027, face stark decisions over leadership, competing factions and Donald Trump.
“The Democrats, who are known to be serial complainers with very little concrete governing to show for it, now hold both the House and the Senate by a sizable margin for the first time during both of Trump’s presidencies,” Kwon writes. “Democrats found themselves frequently telling their constituents there was simply nothing they could do to stop Trump’s warfare against immigrants and the American people; the numbers after Tuesday make preventing Trumpian chaos much more feasible. There is significance in having the numbers to draft legislation of any sort, get it passed and place it on Trump’s desk, even if it is vetoed in the end.”
Words by Jun Kwon | Graphic by Alex Berlind
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