Democrats on Tuesday seized control of the U.S. House, flipping the chamber after four years in the minority wilderness to usher in a new era of divided government, Decision Desk HQ projects.
The change will have immediate repercussions for the workings of Washington next year, slamming the brakes on President Trump’s legislative agenda and setting the stage for countless clashes between the House and White House over everything from immigration enforcement and government spending to Trump’s global tariffs and the Iran war.
Democrats have vowed to launch an exhaustive list of investigations into Trump and his inner circle, featuring deep dives into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal; the violence that’s accompanied Trump’s deportation surge; and the president’s personal and family finances, which have ballooned since his return to office last year.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/11/03/us/elections/results-needle-senate-house-forecast.html
Yes stats are a thing, my concern in the past couple weeks has been all the ‘he will lose soooo bad’ polls putting people into a complacent mindset. Both times he was elected it was that same message and people seemed to take it as ‘someone else will take care of it’.
The guy needs to be constantly looking over his shoulder knowing nobody is there to save him. I don’t ever recall an election where ‘state of democracy’ or similar was a top issue in so many places which says a lot for what damage he did in 2 years.
House was basically a given. Really nice seeing that Senate needle all the way to the left as well, though.
Yep. The real question is if they can get to 54 or 55, giving them the need to find 2 or 3 Fettermans instead of 1. Schumer will find it harder to resist the progressives the more of a majority he has.