Democrats Win Control of Congress in Midterm Elections, Rebuking Trump
Photo: CBS NewsDemocrats won control of the Senate and were on track to win a decisive House majority in the midterm elections held Tuesday, with results continuing into Wednesday, delivering a setback to President Donald Trump. It would be the first time both chambers flipped in a midterm since 2006. Republicans had been defending a three-seat House margin. Democrats won seats in swing states and in solidly red districts that Trump carried by double digits two years earlier, including Senate seats in South Carolina, Kansas and Texas.
In Texas, Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton to become the state's first Democratic U.S. senator since 1988, and Gina Hinojosa unseated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. In North Carolina, former Gov. Roy Cooper beat Trump-backed Michael Whatley for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection over Mike Collins, and Keisha Lance Bottoms won the governor's race. Exit polls showed 62% of voters disapproved of the president, and Democrats led Republicans by only five points on favorability.
Left-leaning MS NOW leads with a "stunning" rebuke of Trump and says the Democratic takeover threatens to derail his agenda and reshapes Washington's balance of power; only its headline and a short excerpt were available, so it offers no individual races or voter data. Alternative coverage from the Christian Science Monitor shares that framing of a blue wave and a decisive blow to Trump, but adds that antipathy toward the governing party did not necessarily signal enthusiasm for Democrats. It cites swing voters who saw Democrats as the lesser of two evils and noted neither party cleared 50% favorability. CNBC, also in the alternative group, supplies the most detail on races and candidates. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had, focusing on Democratic gains and the limits they place on Trump's agenda.
How the sides differ Left sources frame a sweeping rebuke of Trump that threatens his agenda; alternative sources add voter ambivalence toward Democrats; right outlets had not covered it.
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MS NOW calls the result a stunning rebuke of Trump and stresses that the Democratic takeover threatens his agenda and shifts Washington's balance of power.
The Christian Science Monitor and CNBC report Democratic wins and name races in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia; the Monitor adds exit-poll data on voter ambivalence toward both parties.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.