Polls show Democrats within striking distance of capturing a Senate majority, and such a flip would almost certainly push cybersecurity policy toward more compulsory regulation and away from the current consensus around a voluntary, industry-driven approach.

Policy implications of a Democratic Senate majority might be felt most profoundly in committees on the periphery of cybersecurity debates rather than in the homeland security and intelligence panels always at the center of cybersecurity policymaking.

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