Guardian readers from around the world have shared their reactions to the results of the US midterm elections on Tuesday night.
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Here’s what they had to say.
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‘I feel like I can breathe again’
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I feel like I can breathe again.
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The guardrails are back, to some extent, and people around the country are waking up to the greed, cruelty and hubris that have marked Trump’s presidency.
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They see the cost of his impulsive war on Iran, his cozying up to tech billionaires and their drive for AI datacenters, the loss of health insurance, the rounding up of immigrants …
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I hope the Democrats can unify and move forward, taking this mandate seriously.
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Barbara Burkart, 75, psychotherapist, Massachusetts
‘Thrilled, scared but hopeful for the next few years that some solid changes will be made’
I voted Democrat across the board.
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Woke up this morning to the news that we had taken back the House and Senate.
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I’m thrilled, scared but hopeful for the next few years that some solid changes will be made.
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I find that I have moved past my centrist-to-left stance, and would really love to see younger, much more diverse (in many ways, not just race) people in national leadership positions.
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But I am concerned that real changes cannot be made unless the status quo liberals start working with the progressives more than they have in the past.
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Trying to not be cynical, because I know that conservatives will not follow the rules, and will not go quietly.
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My greatest hope is that we start digging in and sowing some seeds of love and change.
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And that the newly elected leaders find creative ways to govern.
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But given the puritanical, corrupt and greedy roots of this country, I am not entirely convinced that can even happen.
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Pamela, Virginia
‘I feel that there was only one viable party for any national office’
My own state of Utah is one of the reddest there is, and I have been happy with our Republican governor and with John Curtis, one of our Republican senators.
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(I do not like Senator Mike Lee.)
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However, in this election, I feel that there was only one viable party for any national office.
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I hope the Democrats try to undo every single thing the GOP has done for the last two years.
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I hope our support for Ukraine stabilizes.
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I hope we impeach a bunch of officials for the good of the nation and the world.
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I hope economic policy can be brought back to sanity.
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I doubt it’s within Congress’s capabilities to do this, but I really hope some international relationships can begin to be repaired.
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Domestically, I just want to see ICE off of American streets.
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I wouldn’t mind if the immigration enforcement arm of this agency were entirely disbanded and … I’d like tariffs to be dropped.
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I want the federal government to approach AI with appropriate skepticism, and to regulate phone and social media use, particularly among young people.
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And we should revive the Green New Deal.
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Buttressing up the coal industry isn’t just bad for the environment, it’s also stupid.
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Electric is the tech of the future and China is eating our lunch in this domain.
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S, Salt Lake City, Utah
‘It will be good to have a bit of our southern neighbor back’
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It will be good to have a bit of our southern neighbor back.
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Over the past two years, it has often felt like we were in a political standoff with the US.
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In response, our Canadian leadership seemed willing to sacrifice environmental protections and climate commitments in the pursuit of new economic partners and trade opportunities.
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I hope this election opens the door to a more constructive relationship, without losing sight of the importance of protecting nature and addressing climate change.
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David Roy, executive director of the NGO Workshops for Biodiversity, Canada
‘These are not simply electoral victories; they represent changing political attitudes’
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I lived for more than 10 years in Los Angeles attending the University of Southern California.
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Half my family currently lives in the US.
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These midterm results represent a seismic shift, a tidal wave of public sentiment and a powerful reminder that democracy ultimately belongs to the people.
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I was genuinely joyous watching these historic results unfold.
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…and 69 more, not listed.
The Aporia
