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Election night brought a huge victory for Democrats, the biggest night an American political party has had in decades. Democrats will control both the House and Senate next year, with margins that exceed most expectations. It was a resounding repudiation of President Trump and his party.
But does that mean voters actually like Democrats? And what comes next, now that Democrats will control Congress but Trump is still in the White House?
Yemisi Egbewole is a senior fellow at Third Way. She was chief of staff to the White House press office under President Biden and worked on Capitol Hill before that. Lanae Erickson is Third Way’s senior vice president for social policy, education, and politics.
Sarah McCammon spoke with Egbewole and Erickson about how moderate Democrats flipped so many seats in red states, the pastor in Kansas and the seminarian in Texas who won previously unthinkable Senate races, and what Egbewole describes as the “pothole mindset” that she wants every Democrat heading to Washington to adopt when it comes to solving voters’ problems.