The Democrats’ seizure of the House of Representatives and other advances in the US midterms are hugely welcome and a great relief. Mr Trump has boasted of the strengthened Republican hold on the Senate – an unsurprising outcome, given how strongly this round of contests favoured the party. Mr Trump could be much worse placed for 2020. Preliminary exit polls gave House Democrats a 21-point lead among women, while men split almost evenly. Florida passed an initiative restoring voting rights to 1.4 million felons, disproportionately black men; Mr Trump won there by 113,000 votes.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2018 18:15 UTC