On Tuesday, the United States held midterm elections.
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States → hold → elections
The result of the elections was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party, or the blue team, as the US media has taken to referring to them.
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media → take → them
Democrats flipped at least 40 House seats and seven Senate seats.
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Democrats → flip → seats
It was a clear message to Washington that much of the US is unhappy with the direction the country is headed.
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country → head → direction
Texas had not elected a Democrat in a statewide race for more than 30 years.
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Texas → elect → years
Democrats dominated in Texas.
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Democrats → dominate → Texas
Kansas hadn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
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Kansas → send → 1932
Susan Collins, the powerful Republican chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the most bipartisan voting Republican in the US Senate had been Maine’s senator for 30 years.
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Collins → vote → years
She was voted out.
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She → vote → ?
The depth and breadth of the Democratic victory stunned many.
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depth → stun → many
The war with Iran clearly had an impact.
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war → have → impact
It wasn’t the conflict itself nearly as much as the economic impact it has had on the average American.
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it → have → American
Virtually every American uses an automobile and the price of petrol has skyrocketed during the war.
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price → use → war
The high fuel prices have impacted every other segment of the economy because nearly every product, especially food and grocery items, is delivered using the roadway system, which, of course, means petrol and diesel prices add to their cost.
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prices → impact → cost
The Democrats taking control of both the House and the Senate will dramatically change the next two years in Washington.
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taking → take → Washington
They will restore the oversight functions of Congress and will investigate Trump and his team for countless violations, real or imagined.
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They → restore → violations
Congressional priorities will change.
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priorities → change → ?
Impeachment will be a word that is commonly used again.
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that → use → ?
If a vacancy occurs on the Supreme Court, the president will have a much more difficult time filling it.
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president → occur → it
Losing seats to the opposition party is actually quite common in the midterms.
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Losing → lose → midterms
Dozens of House races are still being counted, so the final tally may yet grow, but since World War II there have been at least seven midterm elections with seat losses comparable to or larger than what the Republicans have experienced so far in 2026: 1946, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1994, 2010 and 2018 when President Donald Trump’s party lost about 40 House seats in his first midterm.
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party → count → midterm
The largest midterm loss belongs to President Barack Obama’s party in 2010.
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loss → belong → 2010
The Democrats lost 63 House seats and six seats in the Senate.
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Democrats → lose → Senate
The Democrats would then lose nine seats in the US Senate in the midterm elections held during Obama’s second term.
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Democrats → lose → term
The Democrats under President Bill Clinton also took a beating in 1994 when the opposition Republicans gained 54 seats in the House, taking a majority for the first time in a generation, and flipping eight seats in the Senate.
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Republicans → take → Senate
The pundits at the time wondered aloud if it was the end of the Democratic Party.
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it → wonder → Party
Both presidents, however, went on to govern effectively and find ways to work with the opposition.
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presidents → go → opposition
In fact, Clinton worked with the Republican Congress to pass the first balanced budget in memory.
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Clinton → work → memory
In that case, the split in government forced them to work together and produced a benefit to the American people.
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split → force → people
President Harry Truman’s Democrats lost 55 House seats and 12 Senate seats in 1946.
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Democrats → lose → 1946
President Dwight Eisenhower’s Republicans took it on the chin in 1958, losing 48 House seats and 13 Senate seats.
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Republicans → take → seats
Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford and George HW Bush all took big losses.
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Johnson → take → losses
Even Ronald Reagan lost 26 House seats in his first midterm elections.
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Reagan → lose → elections
The point is the American public has always demanded accountability from Washington.
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public → demand → Washington
No one should be surprised that at a time when only 14 percent of Americans think Congress is doing a good job and the prices for basic necessities are increasing, Americans demand change.
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Americans → think → change
They have done it over and over, regardless of the party in power.
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They → do → power
The next logical question is where do we go from here?
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we → go → ?
Has he lost his influence?
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he → lose → influence
There will not be a great deal of time spent trying to decipher what went wrong.
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what → spend → time
Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance have already acknowledged the war in Iran and its economic effects are the primary reasons for the loss.
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effects → acknowledge → loss
…and 32 more, not listed.
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