Why Independent Voters Broke for Democrats in the Midterms – WSJ

Not allowing the election to be settled, it s very divisive, Ms. Ghelfi, a semiretired attorney from Paradise Valley, said of the 2020 race. I think the election spoke for itself. She said she voted for Republicans down-ballot who weren t as vocal about election fraud or as closely tied to Mr. Trump, yet couldn t support Arizona s four major Republican candidates because they echoed Mr. Trump s false claims.

Republicans succeeded in one of their top goals this year: They brought more of their party s voters to the polls than did Democrats. But in the course of energizing their core voters, Republicans in many states lost voters in the political center both independents and many Republicans who are uneasy with elements of the party s focus under Mr. Trump.

Control of the House and Senate, which had seemed poised to land with the Republican Party, is coming down to a handful of races that so far are too close to call, though the GOP remains on track to winning a narrow majority in the House. Republicans have won nearly 5.5 million more votes in House races than have Democrats, a tally by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report finds, as many voters were motivated by anxiety over high inflation and a low opinion of President Biden s response.

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Seems plausible.