wave election
Nov
8
2018
Democrats captured the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, ending unified Republican control of Congress. The victory gave Democrats subpoena power and the ability to launch investigations into the Trump administration. President Trump responded by minimizing the results as insufficient to qualify as a true blue wave. The editorial argues that the incoming oversight represents a substantial check on executive power regardless of how the president frames the electoral outcome.
Nov
8
2018
Democrats captured the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections, ending unified Republican control of Congress. The results reflected voter backlash against the Trump administration and produced a divided government. The cartoon depicts the GOP elephant departing with the House majority and a Trump portrait, questioning the promised red wave and signaling the party's reduced standing.
Nov
7
2018
Democrats captured the House in the 2018 midterms, shifting control of committees and subpoena power to the opposition party. The cartoon frames the incoming oversight agenda as a direct delivery to the president, underscoring the new majority's intent to examine executive actions.
Nov
6
2018
Democrats captured the House while Republicans held the Senate in the 2018 midterms. Both sides immediately framed the results as a win for their side. The cartoon depicts the party mascots each asserting they rode the electoral wave to success.
Nov
5
2018
Democrats gained control of the House in the 2018 midterms while Republicans held the Senate. The split outcome left both parties claiming momentum from their respective waves. The piece portrays the resulting tension in post-election interactions between opposing supporters.
Oct
23
2018
As the 2018 midterm elections approached, Democratic and Republican strategists released polls projecting a wave in their favor. The competing forecasts underscored deep partisan divides over voter sentiment and turnout. The piece argues that modern polling has become so fractured that both sides can claim victory from the same data.
Sep
28
2018
