Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Polling experts hail ‘great night’ after correctly calling most key US midterm election races

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Accuracy of US polling came into sharp focus after Trump outperformed polls in 2016, 2020 and 2024Political polling experts hailed a “great night” for the industry after surveys accurately foresaw much of the Democratic blue wave that swept across the US in midterm elections.In only a handful of US Senate races, including Texas and New Hampshire, key polls failed to gauge the scale of the Democratic victory over Republicans on Tuesday. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/polls-midterms-results-accurate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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As Chinese netizens pored over the wreckage of the Republican losses in the midterm US elections, the hashtag “Trump Total Defeat” went viral on microblogging platform Weibo, garnering more than 70 million views by Wednesday evening.

Democrats celebrated Tuesday's election victories with humor and memes, reviving the term "libbing out" to express exuberant political optimism. Users flooded social media with celebratory — and ironic — jokes about Democrats regaining power.

Investors are betting alcohol companies are among the winners of last night’s midterm election landslide on views a new Congress will push back on the Trump administration’s immigration and trade policies that dented booze businesses.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the midterm election results reflect working-class Americans’ frustration over the government’s failure to address their concerns.

While Republicans saw losses in the midterms, Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds told CNN’s Dana Bash that if the party focuses on affordability and prices, the “elections will take care of themselves.”

Three formal federal workers are returning to government, this time as members of Congress. Each ran as Democrats and flipped formerly Republican-held seats.

A historic blue wave swept over the country Tuesday night as voters elected Democrats to national, statewide and local offices, delivering a stunning rebuke to President Trump and his party. See how Americans celebrated election night: https://wapo.st/4zzsyFm