So the elections are over .... now what?

[hntnhole]

Being a Liberal myself, I was of course gratified by the across-the-board ascension to elected office by the Dems/Liberals.  As I see it, this portends the beginning of a potential belittlement of the current Administration, and all it entails.  From  the East coast to the West coast, citizens have roundly rejected the current administration's policies.  Perhaps the fever is broken, and healing can finally begin? 

Too soon to tell yet, but hope is afoot in the land, and that's a good sign.  

[NWUSHorny]

I would not consider myself to be a liberal, but am happy to see some pull back from MAGA ideas. I hope this was the indicator that the negative consequences for at least some of the MAGA actions are impossible to ignore.

[tobetrained]

Well, as a centrist and data-junkie, I love election nights as I now rarely have a horse in the race. In work I did elsewhere, what was fascinating:

• Dems won at or better than Trump's first term, the 2017 elections for these race (NJ/VA Gov).
• Dem net approval fell to 0%, approve - disapprove, from +6% in 2017 (avg NJ/VA)
• Rep net approval improved to -9% from a disaster in 2017 at -24%

So, we're at a point where neither party is especially we like nor well hated. It's just most are in opposing camps spitting at each other.

The above was exit poll data I got from NBCnews.com as are below. These are post-overnight re-weights for anyone who saw similar on TV or online last night.

@hntnhole To answer your Q indirectly, the exits also had two Qs which will answer your clarify:

• Will Republicans pull back from their behavior relative to immigration? In the NJ/VA exits, 55% said Trump's immigration policies had gone to far with only 14% saying not far enough.
• Will Democrats pull back from their push on trans when 49% (NJ/VA) said we've gone too far while 24% said not far enough.

I'm not opposing or endorsing either. I'm just saying, what do you think will actually happen? We're in two camps, that's it. Both sides think facts are subjective.

To end on a positive, at least we're not in a parliamentary where governments collapse. We get out our ideological intramural debates in the primary process, for better or worse, instead of while governing.