It’s rare that both parties can celebrate after an election, but that’s exactly the situation after Republicans gained a handful of Senate seats and Democrats picked up over 30 House seats Tuesday night.
Conservatives, white men (particularly those without a college degree) and pro-Trump voters backed GOP nominees, while women (particularly those with a college degree), minorities and younger voters lined up overwhelmingly behind the Democrats. That translated into a good night for Republicans in the Senate and for Democrats in the House. …
The GOP’s success in the midterm’s Senate races is likely to convince Trump that confrontation turned out Republican voters and produced additional Senate gains during the midterms. That should only encourage the president and party strategists to heat up the rhetoric, not tone it down, during Trump’s re-election effort. CONT.
Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call