Despite the alarm sirens proclaiming an incoming "red tsunami" in the midterm elections that might wash away the Democratic Party and American democracy, the actual results were quite different. Democrats will remain in control of the Senate with at least 50 seats, and quite possibly 51. While it appears nearly certain that Republicans will win a majority in the House, their margin will be very small and their caucus is rife with internal bickering. That outcome is far better for Democrats than most political observers and so-called experts predicted.
Democrats also won several important state-level victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada, and Michigan that at least for now will help safeguard democracy and the rule of law — or at least prevent Republicans from nullifying and subverting future presidential elections.
