Monday 20 May 2019

US elections: Democrats win House in big setback for Trump

WASHINGTON, November 7, 2018

The US Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump. They rode a wave of dissatisfaction with Trump to win the lower chamber of Congress for the first time in eight years.

Tuesday's vote was seen as a referendum on a polarising president, even though he is not up for re-election till 2020, reported BBC.


Democrats converted the energy of the liberal anti-Trump resistance into solid electoral gains in the first nationwide vote since the president swept to power two years ago.









“We will have a responsibility to find our common ground where we can, stand our ground where we can’t,” Pelosi said.


House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi - who is set to become Speaker, a position she held from 2007 to 2011 - told cheering supporters in Washington: "Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America."

Despite his party losing the House, Trump wrote on Twitter, “Tremendous success tonight.”


 “There’s only been 5 times in the last 105 years that an incumbent President has won seats in the Senate in the off year election. Mr. Trump has magic about him. This guy has magic coming out of his ears. He is an astonishing vote getter & campaigner. The Republicans are.........," said the tweet.




Despite the tight poll race, most Democratic candidates stayed away from harsh criticism of Trump during the campaign’s final stretch, focusing instead on bread-and-butter issues like maintaining insurance protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions and safeguarding the Social Security retirement and Medicare healthcare programs for senior citizens.

n the last two decades there have only three election cycles where one party picked up 24 or more seats. Tuesday’s gains were the biggest since 2010, when a wave of conservative anger against Democratic President Barack Obama gave Republicans a massive 64-seat pickup.


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