Opponents of President Donald Trump were denied what they had long sought — a resounding rejection of Trump and Trumpism by the American electorate. Hoped-for Democratic gains in congressional contests, high-profile U.S. Senate races, and state legislatures largely failed to materialize. Trump won roughly 10 million more votes than he received in 2016. The Democratic presidential ticket failed to carry hotly contested battleground states such as Iowa, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, or Texas, where the Democrats had invested substantial resources.
