The Americans have voted – and the result is not yet entirely clear. What can already be said is that the Republicans have done worse than they had hoped. The Democrats could have been spared the catastrophe. And at a golf resort in Florida, Republicans’ new favorite state, the presidential campaign will begin in a few days.
It’s midnight on the east coast, Americans have voted. And there are, really, some reasons for optimism. The red wave, the big Republican victory? Not overwhelming. In the Senate, it looks as if the Democrats could maintain or even expand their narrow majority. We won’t know for sure until the next few hours. Or, if Georgia has a runoff, it won’t be until December 6th.