This week was extremely important in world politics. The midterms. Tuesday night was extremely long for me at least. Since Trump took office in 2016, I think we've seen a pretty large political shift in American opinion. Or maybe, we've just seen a shift in Trump's ratings, I'm not sure which is better.
So, to review, the Senate stayed red and the House turned blue. The blue wave reached pretty far across the country by turning lots of governorships blue. Also, 100 women are now in Congress, including the first Native American, gay, transgender, and Muslim congresswomen. These major wins indicate a huge shift in what America wants for their government. It is now clear, we want change. But what does this mean for Trump and his administration? Trump was very quick to put a positive spin on the results, calling them a "tremendous success" but in fact, the blue House will prove to be a very large obstacle for the Red Senate and his presidency. But, to generalize, the cultural, religious, social, and political divisions that plague American might only be deepening- as indicated by what most call our now "divided government". However, the term divided government refers to one-party control of the executive branch and a different party controlling the legislative branch. So our situation is a little bit more complicated with split control of the executive branch but same-party control of half the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. We've seen a lot of incredible wins across the country that will help minorities, women, and lower-income families and hopefully, the blue wave will ride with continued strength into 2020 elections.
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AuthorI'm Hannah Andress from Atlanta, GA! I am an SIS major and I am on the Women's Swim Team. I am interested in national security, policy making, and the Middle East as my country of interest! Archives
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