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I hope this ends any future talk of a red wave or a blue wave for good. It's a fantasy.
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A 5.38 podcast explained it thus;
Seats in the House that were susceptible to switching to the Democrats were 8%more Republican than the USA as a whole.
Senate seats up for election were 16% more Republican. With Trump running as a disapproval rating of 10-11%, the Democrats had a very good chance if winning the House, very little chance of winning the Senate.With more states under Democrat control the systematic gerrymandering & voter supression can be unwound.
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So is this a good win for Trump or a very good win for Trump?
There was no Blue Wave. He concentrated on winning the Senate and has increased the Republican majority from 2 to maybe 6 or 8. The Republican senators who disliked Trump are dead or gone. As he continues to rule by Executive Order the Senate will do nothing to frustrate him.
The smaller than expected Democratic majority in the House will try to frustrate him but that will just give him more and more points to demonize the Democrats in his 2020 election rallies, which probably start right away.