• By Ruby Cleary and Toby Hudson

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America turned blue in the US midterms as millions of Americans voted against Donald Trump’s wars and rising prices. 

A week after US Midterm results were finalised and announced, our screens have been flooded with a sea of blue, with people from all over America showing their support for the Democratic Party.  

Historic victories for Democrats in Kansas, Texas and Georgia – states once seen as Republican strongholds – signified a blue wave that swept the nation. 

States like Ohio, Iowa and Maine have flipped in what is being called the ‘blue tsunami’. This is due to many broken promises and empty threats from the president, Donald Trump, throughout his terms in the White House.  

Experts predict a focus on economic affordability, reversing tariff policies, alliances with overseas powers, and a military response to the Iran war.  

One of the biggest victories for the Democrats was in Texas, where Texas turned blue for the first time in 32 years. 

Former middle-school teacher James Talarico became the first democratic senator for Texas since 1988, defeating Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton to secure a historic win.  

Oscar Wisner, a student at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), spoke to NQ about how Texans “wanted things to change”.  

When asked why he thought Talarico won over Paxton, he said that “Talarico hasn’t got ties with Trump. The reason Republicans lost is because of Trump, he’s a child, and we’re not going to put up with it”.

Wisner also commented on Talarico’s use of religion in his campaign, stating that “It feels like Talarico is taking God back from the Republicans”. 

These results showcase how people in the United States may be fed up with Trump and “Trumpism” as a whole, with many voters placing the blame for economic hardships on the President and his unpopular policies. 

After their historic victories on Tuesday (November 3), the Democrats have majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.  

There will be clear opposition to Trump inside Washington, with impeachment and further releases of the Epstein files among the wishes of Democrats.

NQ spoke with Bennet Gewurz, a New York resident, about his views on the outcome of the midterm election.  

“It shows how democracy works, if you’re not happy, you vote people out,” Gewruz said. 

Gewurz believes that if there were term limits in Congress, people wouldn’t get too comfortable and would make a real change. 

“They stop serving the people and start serving themselves,” says Gerwruz 

Many Americans who voted Republican in previous elections have changed their vote, according to Gerwurz as he believes “they care whether they can pay for groceries, whether they can pay their mortgage, for education for their children”.   

Alongside this, Gewurz thinks the lack of clarity and communication from the president has confused Americans about the direction the country is heading. With no clear alliances, morals or intentions what could the future of America even look like under his leadership? 

In the Midwest, rural towns were driven by the increase in diesel prices to change their vote. As the home of agriculture, their response was “predictable and preventable” once they began to struggle funding their machinery.  

For the first time in 16 years, the state of Wisconsin has a democratic electoral trifecta saying the outstanding reasoning behind this is a tiredness of a broken political system.  

The rise of online activism and campaigning, specifically from New York City’s newly elected Mayor Mamdani, is thought to be a factor in this ‘blue tsunami’.  

His growing popularity on sites like TikTok has given the younger generation a glimmer of hope.  

College student Max Plankar thinks people all over the US seeing this change in NYC is driving a want for change themselves.  

Mr Gewurz told us that he hopes “people come to Washington to work and move our country forward, but I’m not confident that will happen”.   

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