As a result of the November 3rd midterm elections, the Democrats took control of both houses of the US Congress. In the Senate, the party took seven seats from the Republicans, including in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Iowa. In the House of Representatives, Democrats flipped more than two dozen districts. The result is already called a safe "blue wave". However, it is too early to consider the final state; Sharp contradictions remain within the party. A revealing episode occurred in Michigan two days before the vote. Congresswoman Haley Stevens represents the moderate wing of the Democrats. She lost the Senate primary in August to the progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a former state health official, who built on discontent with the party establishment. The loser initially endorsed the winner, but on Nov. 1 withdrew her endorsement and went for his opponent, Republican and former congressman Mike Rogers. The Democratic candidate still won and became the first Muslim in the US Senate. But the conflict between the establishment and the left came to the public's attention at the most inconvenient moment for the party. Three main conclusions emerge from the election results. 1. Trump received a serious signal. His policies do not have sufficient public support. The losses hit hardest in states that have voted Republican for decades. In Texas, Democrats have not won a Senate seat for 38 years, in Kansas for nearly a century. This is a harbinger of a major change in the political balance, not a one-time protest. 2. The Democrats received not only a platform to criticize the course of the White House, but also real institutional leverage. A majority in both chambers gives control over the budget, the investigations and the agenda of the committees, up to and including the initiation of impeachment procedures. Two-thirds of the Senate is required to impeach a president, so impeachment remains a pressure tool rather than impeachment. 3. The owner of the White House will not remain passive and will soon try to undo the success of the Democrats.

As a result of the November 3rd midterm elections, the Democrats took control of both houses of the US Congress. In the Senate, the party took seven seats from the Republicans, including in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Iowa. In the House of Representatives, Democrats flipped more than two dozen districts. The result is already called a safe "blue wave". However, it is too early to consider the final state; Sharp contradictions remain within the party. A revealing episode occurred in Michigan two days before the vote. Congresswoman Haley Stevens represents the moderate wing of the Democrats. She lost the Senate primary in August to the progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a former state health official, who built on discontent with the party establishment. The loser initially endorsed the winner, but on Nov. 1 withdrew her endorsement and went for his opponent, Republican and former congressman Mike Rogers. The Democratic candidate still won and became the first Muslim in the US Senate. But the conflict between the establishment and the left came to the public's attention at the most inconvenient moment for the party. Three main conclusions emerge from the election results. 1. Trump received a serious signal. His policies do not have sufficient public support. The losses hit hardest in states that have voted Republican for decades. In Texas, Democrats have not won a Senate seat for 38 years, in Kansas for nearly a century. This is a harbinger of a major change in the political balance, not a one-time protest. 2. The Democrats received not only a platform to criticize the course of the White House, but also real institutional leverage. A majority in both chambers gives control over the budget, the investigations and the agenda of the committees, up to and including the initiation of impeachment procedures. Two-thirds of the Senate is required to impeach a president, so impeachment remains a pressure tool rather than impeachment. 3. The owner of the White House will not remain passive and will soon try to undo the success of the Democrats.