Democrats won big. Now they have to deliver

Democrats will usher in a new era in Washington, after having notched wins in reliably Republican territory. But can the party deliver the affordability relief voters need while facing President Trump?

Historians and political scientists say that framing the wins as ‘Ohio’s working class has come home’ is too simple At its peak, the Mahoning valley was once the beating heart of the US’s steel economy – a hardscrabble, heavily unionized Democratic bastion in north-eastern Ohio.

President Trump is right that the U.S. economy is the envy of the world. What a shame that Americans just voted to destroy it. That is not an exaggeration.

The Electoral College is in serious trouble thanks to the midterm blue wave that not only swept Democrats into power in Congress but flipped many state governorships and legislatures. Democrat dominance at the state level will have major national implications.