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Outside perspective coming in: these seem like good results for the Democrats overall despite the Senate. The nationwide swing is hugely significant since it shows a clear lack of trust in Trump and his government. Regaining the House is huge. And even with the Senate, the individual nature of the races means it doesn't reflect badly on the democrats as a whole - they were always going to have a tough time given how many seats they were defending. Beto doing so well in Texas is hugely significant, that state could easily go Democrat in the near future. His loss reminds me of over in the UK when Roy Jenkins of the newly formed Social Democrats narrowly lost an election in the ultra-safe Labour seat of Warrington. "This is my first defeat, but in many ways my greatest victory".

For me though, Florida voting to restore voting rights to felons is a tremendous decision. From the outside, felony disenfranchisement has always been utterly vile, and I can't believe a major democracy does it. Glad to see the back of it in Florida.
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