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From energy prices to datacenters, climate became a cost-of-living issue – and a winning oneClimate-forward Democrats swept into power Tuesday night as a blue tsunami flipped the Senate, House and several governors’ races. Voters were laser-focused on affordability, and experts said Democrats succeeded in linking cost-of-living concerns with rising energy prices, datacenters and, to some extent, the climate crisis. They may have even created a path for a “new climate politics”.The results delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump, who started a war with Iran that raised gas pump prices across the country and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/trump-iran-war-oil-gas-energy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">exposed the fragility</a> of fossil fuels, all while the US oil industry earned <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/business/energy-environment/exxon-chevron-oil-profits-iran-war.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">$130bn</a> in profits since the war began. Household energy costs soared, driven by various factors including <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/30/climate-crisis-midterms-affordability" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">constraints on renewables</a>, climate disasters and a datacenter boom. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/democrats-climate-crisis-in-midterm-election-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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