By any measurement, Democrats are putting a historic blue wave beatdown on Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Sam Wang tweeted:
The NYT currently projects a national popular-vote margin of D+9.2%. The largest popular margin since 2008, larger than waves of 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014.
1994: R+7.1%
2006: D+8.0%
2008: D+10.6%
2010: R+7.2%
2014: R+5.7%To get more stories like this, subscribe to our newsletter The Daily.
By historical standards, this a popular wave. pic.twitter.com/4hw71hieVN
— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) November 7, 2018
The night started out slow for Democrats, but as of this publication, they are just 10 seats short of control and NBC News has just projected that Democrats will take the House of Representatives:
NBC projects that Democrats will win the House. #BlueWave pic.twitter.com/3fOoPzyYQY
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) November 7, 2018
Trump will blame Republicans and everyone else, but the blue wave has arrived. Democrats have made taking back the House a reality, and we can now let the investigations of Trump begin.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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