On November 3, American voters ousted Republicans from control of the Senate and House of Representatives, flipped key states from Republican to Democrat, and even caused major swings in Republican strongholds like Texas. Many Americans based their vote on the failure of the US-Israel war in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which not only failed to deliver a single strategic victory for the Axis, but resulted in a cost-of-living crisis that could be felt throughout the entire United States.