Why the Red Wave never materialized

Published November 11, 2022 3:30pm ET




The still-unsettled outcomes of who will control Congress counter the pre-Election Day conventional wisdom that voters would broadly punish President Joe Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill for the nation’s worst inflation in 40 years, stubbornly high gas prices, and other national problems. Republicans are still favored to retake the House but with a bare majority, and the Senate appears likely to remain in a nominal tie but functional Democratic control, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote.

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