Trump Voted Down? Midterms Deal Blow to President's Power

The midterm elections delivered a clear message: voters moved decisively to limit the president's power. Heading into Tuesday's vote, forecasts for Republicans were so bleak that poll watchers joked the results would either mark the end of the Trump era or the end of the polling profession. Against such predictions, any Republican win would have looked like a minor miracle. Most expected a Democratic blowout. Republicans, hoping for a more mixed final tally, will almost certainly claim they outperformed expectations.