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Breaking down the Democrats’ big majorities after the blue wave
The results of the midterm tallies have set up a two-year power struggle between Trump’s White House and the incoming Democratic Congress. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the races and the potential size of the incoming Democratic majority.
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What the coverage shows
Both outlets frame the story around voters heading to the polls in the midterms and present the election as a judgment on Trump. Reuters is the most explicit about a “verdict” on Trump, while Channel 4 News twice leans into forecast language, with one extract alone raising the prospect of a “blue wave” and another describing this as the “beginning of the end” for him.
Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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