Women Are the Real Story of the Midterm Elections– www.thenation.com
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EXCERPT:
In a rebuke of the Trump administration and its cataclysmic decisions and policies, voters elected record numbers of women into office.
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The 2026 midterms were historic. The Democrats prevailed, taking control over both the House and the Senate and gaining five governor’s offices. Pundits and political analysts will spend the coming days, weeks, and months analyzing the election results, examining why Americans voted as they did. But what message did voters send?
Two messages are clear. First, the 2026 midterms were a resounding, blistering rebuke of the Trump administration and its cataclysmic decisions and policies. The administration has blatantly abused the powers of the executive branch, mishandled foreign affairs, slashed essential programs that helped the poorest Americans and farmers, disregarded and destroyed beloved institutions and sites, and gutted essential environmental regulations, to say nothing of its grifting, bullying, and attacks on women in power and through its disastrous policies and actions.
