The Republicans’ failure to meet their widely predicted expectations has dominated the post-election national political conversation.
But it would be a mistake to overlook the successes that Democrats enjoyed in Tuesday’s midterm voting beyond blunting the GOP drive to restore congressional dominance.
Most importantly, they scored a parade of victories in statewide and legislative races across the nation’s industrial belt that solidified their political Blue Wall in the states that held the key to recent presidential victories by both parties.
