Breaking the Republican Party's crimson vote base! US media predicts Democrats will regain control of Senate

The results of the U.S. midterm elections affect the control of both houses of Congress. CNN predicts that the Democratic Party is expected to gain a majority in the Senate. The Trump administration will face a different political situation in Congress in the future. (European News Agency file photo)

A major comeback in the U.S. midterm elections! The Democratic Party has made breakthroughs in many states with traditional Republican advantages. CNN's latest vote analysis predicts that the Democratic Party is expected to gain majority control of the Federal Senate. If this prediction comes true, the Republican Party will lose its dominance in the Senate, and President Trump will also face stronger congressional checks and balances in the second half of his second term.

CNN pointed out that Democratic Iowa candidate Josh Turek is expected to defeat Republican candidate Ashley Hinson and become a key seat for the Democratic Party to gain a majority in the Senate. Reuters also reported that the media had predicted that Turek would win the election, flipping the Iowa Senate seats originally held by the Republican Party. The state was won by Trump by a double-digit margin in the 2024 presidential election, and this reversal in the election has attracted special attention.

Democrats also made gains in other Republican-dominated states. CNN's real-time analysis pointed out that the Democratic Party won the Senate elections in many states that Trump won by a large margin in 2024, and the election performance exceeded the outside world's original expectations. Reuters reported that Turek's victory was an important breakthrough for the Democratic Party in its fight for control of the Senate. The Republicans originally controlled the Senate with 53 seats to 47 seats, and the Democrats had to gain a net gain of 4 seats to gain a majority.

This election is also seen as an important political test for Trump's second term. The Associated Press pointed out that voters' dissatisfaction with the cost of living, the economy and government governance have prompted the Democratic Party to make progress in swing states and areas where Republicans have traditional advantages. The Democratic Party's victory reflects voters' backlash against the Trump administration and also puts the Republican Party under pressure to lose seats in Congress.

Master judicial and cabinet personnel review

Taking back control of the Senate is of irreplaceable strategic value to the Democratic Party. According to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Senate has exclusive control over the "personnel consent power" of Supreme Court justices, federal judges, and cabinet ministerial officials. This means that even if Trump attempts to remove the cabinet or nominate conservative judicial officers in the future, all of his nominations will fall into the strict review cage of the Democratic-dominated Senate, and the White House's personnel power will be completely frozen.

At present, the control of the Senate is still based on media predictions and is not the official final certification result. Each state still needs to complete the vote counting and subsequent election procedures.