Midterm elections So, what did we learn about ourselves as a country after these more-contentious-than-normal midterms? We're still divided. And that's reflected in the opposite trends in the House and Senate results. CNN's Stephen Collinson explains that the political and cultural gulf between diverse and affluent liberals in big cities and suburbs and mostly white, working-class voters in rural areas has never seemed wider. The election was most definitely a referendum on President Trump. Nearly 4 out of 10 voters said their vote was a sign of opposition to him. But you can't deny, by virtue of that strong GOP showing in the Senate, that Trump's allure endures for a big swath of the country. As for the much-talked-about blue wave, it gave Democrats something big -- the House -- but didn't quite deliver the cathartic punch they'd been craving since 2016. Here are more takeaways from the 2018 midterms, and you can get the latest updates and results on all the races right here. |
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