Did Democrats Win—Or Did Trump Lose?

In a resounding rebuke to President Trump, voters this week gave Democrats control over both the House and Senate. Call it a blue wave or a blue tsunami. The power has suddenly shifted to a party that just two years two ago was decimated by Trump and the MAGA movement—and didn’t seem to know how to respond.

Hanna Rosin talks with the Atlantic staff writers Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer about how Democrats pulled it off and what comes next for both parties.
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