However, it appears the biggest political shifts are underway in the Sun Belt border states. Florida is on the verge of becoming permanently purple, if not blue. Georgia may yet see a Democratic governor; but if not, its voting demographics are close to Florida's. And even in Texas -- and Arizona and Florida, where the counting continues in very tight U.S. Senate races where the GOP has small leads -- blue voters are at tipping points with popular majorities in sight.
No party wins everything in an election. But the biggest shifts, based on popular votes, gubernatorial takeovers, electoral reforms with redistricting and felon re-enfranchisement, all affirm 2018's midterm elections were indeed a blue wave year.
This article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
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