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US midterms: women voters helped drive the ‘blue wave’

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par Musica Lorence, PhD Candidate in Global Political Economics and Gender, King's College London

The 2026 US midterm elections delivered a decisive blow to Donald Trump’s Republican party. Democrats successfully flipped seven seats in the Senate, gaining a decisive majority. This turnaround was mirrored in the House of Representatives, where the Democrats could end up taking 258 seats against 177 for the Republicans.

Women voters played a significant part in this Democratic party “blue…

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