So disaster did not strike, the worst did not happen, the shutouts feared and talked about continually ahead of Tuesday’s voting did not come to pass. Democrats awoke Wednesday and surveyed the landscape in California and elsewhere across the country and looked toward November with relief.
The battle for the House is far from over. Mixed signals about the state of the country vs. the state of the electorate persist. Will this be a year in which macro trends — a rising economy and falling unemployment — help to shore up Republicans? Or will grass-roots energy on the left and hostility toward President Trump spur a turnout differential strongly in favor of Democrats? CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post