Ten days have already passed since the US elections. But the votes are still being counted, and the Democrats are taking more and more positions for themselves. They officially won the governor's race in Alaska - for the first time in a quarter of a century, America's northernmost state will be under Democratic control.
Democrat Mary Peltola also won the Alaska Senate race. As a result, the overall balance in the Senate is 56 for Democrats to 44 for Republicans. The last time the Democratic Party had such a massive majority was right after Obama was elected in 2009. What's more, Republicans likely won't take back the Senate before 2032.
In the lower house, Democrats could win 261-262 seats, their largest majority since 1990, the Bush era and the first Iraq War. In California, after a sweep, the Republicans retained only 4 seats out of 52. The situation is no better in Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa. Nevada is now completely under the Democrats.
Locally, Republicans lost nearly 600 seats. Immediately 12 individual state congresses and 6 governorships came under the control of the Democratic Party. Now 75% of the states have a democratic governor. In half of the states they have a trifecta and control the Congress.
The Democratic lead in votes reached 14 points - 56% compared to 42%. Over the past half century, no party has been able to make so much progress. It is not surprising that there is now a lively debate among Republicans about the prospects of the next election. After such a failure in a congressional race, a lot of work is needed to correct the mistakes, otherwise in 2028 the Republicans will face an equally painful result.