Vote by vote, the Republican midterm disaster is growing: 75% of Americans now live in a state with a Democratic governor, and 53% in one with a blue trifecta

The blue tsunami of the midterms was not limited to sweeping away Republican members of Congress from both chambers of Congress or flipping the governorship and key positions in states long held by the GOP. Added to this is the number of state legislative chambers that have now come under Democratic control.

The final trickle of votes continues to push the GOP from a bad situation to a worse one. At this moment, there are still Senate seats up for grabs (both with a Democratic lead in the count) and a dozen more seats still undecided in the House of Representatives.

With these numbers, the Democrats currently hold a majority (255 representatives) not seen since 2008. In the Senate, the 54 secured seats (including the two independents) represent the largest lead since 2015. To win both seats up for grabs, one would have to go back to 1993 to find a party (also the Democratic Party at that time) with 57 seats.

GOP debacle in the states

As if that weren't bad enough, the Democrats have also swept the states. At this time, 75% of Americans now live in a state with a Democratic governor, and 53% live in a state with a blue trifecta.

Before the midterms, the GOP controlled 28 of the nation's 49 bicameral legislatures, compared to just 18 controlled by the Democrats. In three other states, control was split.

Following the election, the Democrats have secured control of both chambers in 24 states, compared to 22 for the Republicans. Nebraska, being a unicameral legislature and controlled by the GOP, is counted among the conservative states. In North Carolina and Texas, control of the legislature was split.

In addition, the results from Alaska and Georgia have not yet been confirmed. But even if both were to swing to Republican control, the Democrats would still be ahead.

Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and New Hampshire: New blue trifectas

The blue wave in the midterms gave the Democrats control of both the Assembly and the Senate for the first time in years in Wisconsin, which, combined with the governorship, allows them to form a trifecta.

Something similar to what happened in Michigan, where the Democrats took the House from the Republicans and expanded its majority in the Senate, in addition to securing a Democratic governor. In Minnesota, despite the fraud scandals, they won the House, retained the Senate and held onto the governorship.

In Pennsylvania, the Democrats flipped the Senate and retained control of the Senate, with Shapiro winning reelection. In New Hampshire, both chambers swung in favor to the Democrats.

In addition, the Democrats managed to secure control of one of the chambers in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.

Abortion, gun control… and even the Electoral College are in Democratic hands

These are no trivial changes. It is the states that have the authority to legislate on key issues such as abortion, something Trump always emphasizes and which is why he had avoided going further after Dobbs v. Jackson the Second Amendment, as well as redrawing electoral district boundaries for the upcoming elections based on the 2030 census.

Furthermore, the results have given the Democrats enough power to abolish the Electoral College, a long-held goal of theirs, so that the popular vote decides the next president, rather than a quota of electors per state.