The media is rife with headlines about Democrats flipping both chambers of Congress – especially the Senate. But is the blue wave washing over the Swamp really the big news? Yes, Republicans losing both chambers means no more Trump-friendly reconciliation bills or Trump appointees being rubber-stamped into office. But how much more can the now-blue Congress really accomplish? Without a two-thirds majority to overrule Trump’s inevitable vetoes, there isn’t a lot they can do but posture and hope that, come 2028, they’ve managed to impress voters enough to take the White House while keeping Congress.
Perhaps the bigger news is what happened at the state level on election day. Democrats managed to flip the governorships of five Republican-led states – and are currently leading in two more that still haven’t been called. For the first time in 16 years, more states will have Democrats for governor than Republicans. But the blue wave washed even farther down the ballot than that, and life may soon be quite different for these soon-to-be formerly red-state residents.
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