Midterms Empower Democrats to Target the Electoral College

After the midterm elections, the Democrats are moving in for the kill.

Liberal politicians and pundits realize that the Republicans’ losses may represent only a fleeting and indeed predictable shift in power. While played up by the media, the results this month are consistent with those under prior administrations. 

For example, the GOP’s loss of roughly 46 seats is modest compared with losses under other presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who lost 79 seats; Barack Obama, 69; Harry Truman, 68; and Bill Clinton, 54. Thus far, Trump is just making the top ten. Some presidents, like Obama, who experienced massive losses, came back to win second terms.

And that could happen. But the Democrats who won on Tuesday night are not waiting to find out. They are moving to help guarantee that they can take the White House and, with control of both houses, implement radical changes to ensure that they hold power for years to come.