在美国，民主党在中期选举中甚至实现了其最乐观的预测。他们在众议院获得了至少229个席位的可观多数，共和党为139席（发稿时仍有67席未决）；在参议院至少获得54席对44席（仍有2席未决）。他们还在堪萨斯州和得克萨斯州等传统共和党大本营取得了前所未有的胜利，赢得了参议院席位（由詹姆斯·塔拉里科获得）和州长职位（由吉娜·伊诺霍萨获得）。胜利幅度之大，甚至连共和党为确保自身胜利而重新划分的选区，最终也落入了民主党手中。
In the United States, the Democrats saw even their most optimistic forecasts come true in the midterm elections. They secured a considerable majority of at least 229 seats compared to 139 for the Republicans in the House of Representatives (with 67 seats still undecided at the time of publishing) and at least 54 seats to 44 in the Senate (2 seats still undecided). They also achieved unprecedented victories in traditional Republican strongholds such as Kansas and Texas, where they captured the Senate seat (with James Talarico) and the governor's office (with Gina Hinojosa). The win was so large that even some districts redrawn by Republicans to secure their own victories ultimately ended up in Democratic hands.
这场海啸般胜利的原因众所周知，民调接连显示，美国民众数月来不仅对生活成本上涨感到厌倦，也对政治的残酷化以及特朗普2025年重掌大权以来其阵营的无耻腐败感到厌倦。这些因素给民主党带来了自2008年巴拉克·奥巴马当选以来未曾有过的提振。
The reasons behind this tsunami are well known, as poll after poll showed Americans had been fed up for months, not only with the rising cost of living, but also with the brutalization of politics and the shameless corruption of the Trump camp since his return to power in 2025. These factors gave the Democratic Party a boost it had not experienced since Barack Obama's election in 2008.
对民主党而言，另一个意外之喜是特朗普（至少目前）接受了选举结果。数月来，总统曾反复坚称如果己方不胜就会大喊舞弊。有两个原因可能解释这一反常举动。2020年总统大选中质疑乔·拜登的胜利，针对的是单一结果。而这次拒绝认输将需要对全美数千场民主党胜利提出质疑，或者挑选几场关键竞选进行挑战——但挑选哪些？如果这些竞选远在华盛顿之外，如何号召反对力量？
Another divine surprise for the Democrats was Trump's acceptance (at least for now!) of the election results. For months, the president had regularly insisted he would cry fraud if his side did not win. Two reasons may explain this about-face. Contesting Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election was about challenging a single result. Refusing to concede this time would require challenging thousands of Democratic victories across the states, or picking a few key races to contest – but which ones, and how to rally opposition if those races took place far from Washington?
此外，由于他的名字未出现在选票上，总统可以声称他个人并未面临风险。因此，他顺从了自己恋己的倾向，站在赢家一边，抛弃了落败的共和党人。周二晚间，他在接受《纽约时报》采访时宣布，将尝试与国会民主党议员合作——这与他一贯的作风截然不同。
Moreover, since his name did not appear on the ballots, the president can claim he was not personally at stake. So he gives in to his narcissistic tendency to side with winners and abandon the losing Republicans. On Tuesday night, he announced in an interview with the New York Times that he would try to work with Democratic members of Congress – something that is decidedly out of character for him.