What Happened to That Red Wave? The Midterms Will All Make Sense – in Hindsight

The economy mattered to voters but for many, other things mattered even more

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In hindsight, these midterm elections will all make sense. 

Why the “red wave” never came, and how allegations of voter fraud failed to materialize, at least so far. 

Why the economy mattered to voters but that for many, other things mattered more.

In hindsight, it will be easy to detect how people were tired of Donald Trump and his chaos.

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