How Democrats smashed the US midterm elections and are preparing for another epic showdown
Democrats have flipped deep-red bastions. Their real test now looms: turning the congressional win into a viable agenda for 2028.
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Attendees celebrating during an election night event with New York Democrats in New York, US, on Nov 3.
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Cory Alpert
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The American political map has been redrawn. The size and scale of 2026’s Democratic wave is hard to overstate. Where Democrats were more likely to win, in places like Georgia and North Carolina, the margins were astronomical.