Republicans entered the 2022 midterm cycle expecting strong gains in Congress driven by inflation and dissatisfaction with the Biden administration. By September polls showed the anticipated red wave weakening. The piece argues that GOP momentum has stalled and the party faces a dry spell in voter support.
Democrats captured the House while Republicans kept the Senate in the 2018 midterms, creating divided government. The outcome reflected voter backlash against the Trump administration yet preserved Republican leverage in the upper chamber. The cartoon frames the result as a win-win scenario for both parties despite the blue wave.
Democrats captured the House in the 2018 midterms, handing Republicans their first major congressional defeat during the Trump presidency. The result blocked the president's legislative path and invited new oversight. The cartoon portrays Trump as immobilized by that blue-wave outcome.
