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Not only Donald Trump will be the next US president, but he will rule more with the support of the parliamentary majority. Congress elections have indeed also a surprise in the night from Tuesday 8 to Wednesday 9 November. If as expected the House of Representatives remained in the hands of the Republicans, the Senate, which is expected to see switch, did the same with 51 seats for the party of Donald Trump.
Sarah Rosier, covering federal politics at Ballotpedia, the online encyclopedia of the American elections, told France 24 the consequences of such a configuration.
France 24 Like Donald Trump's election, the Senate race beat forecasts. What can we learn from this election?
Sarah Rose: The most surprising thing for us was to see how well the Republicans held their Senate seats. If it is confirmed that the seats of New Hampshire and Louisiana Republicans are going well, then the latter will have lost a seat (update: New Hampshire has since been won by Democrat Maggie Hassan, Ed). That is not what was expected: Republicans had so many seats to defend than we thought to see more of a fall. Wisconsin, in particular, is a big surprise for both the presidential election and the senatorial election. It is very interesting to compare the Trump scores to those of the Republican candidate in a given state. In the case of Wisconsin, Donald Trump got 47.9% of votes, but the Senate candidate Ron Johnson did even better with 50.2% of the ballots. Yet it was expected for a Democratic victory this seat.
Donald Trump now has a majority in Congress. What are the measures that the new Parliament will take precedence?
One of the first topics on the agenda will likely health. Republicans have tried by various ways to modify or delete the Affordable Care Act (health reform dubbed "Obamacare", Ed). Since there will be no presidential veto, they will have more leeway to do so. Moreover, it is certainly a subject that has favored the election of Donald Trump: in October, many citizens are aware of the future increase in their insurance premium. They had in mind once they arrive at the polling station.
Immigration is also a topic that should arrive quickly on the table. One of Trump's key ideas was that of a wall on the Mexican border. Now, all the Republican senators are not favorable to the idea. Some, like Rubio, pushing for a different immigration reform.
Finally, there is the trade (free trade treaties denounced by Trump, in particular, Ed). It is clear that Trump and Republican senators have won tonight thanks to the "Rust Belt" states from the Midwest hit by deindustrialization.
In general, there are a lot of Republican senators who must admit their mistake today: they have not necessarily supported Trump gold, now it makes figure of the party leader. It will be interesting to see what the relationship between the administration Trump and those elected for the first six months.
Who will now embody the opposition to Donald Trump?
If Democrats want to stand up to a populist figure like Trump, very supported by the base, they will have to find someone like Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts senator, Ed), which attracts the popular classes and defends - a different way than his own - the same demographic categories than Donald Trump. I think Elizabeth Warren is going to see its popularity rise in the coming years. Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York senator considered the protected Hillary Clinton, may also be a rising star. Bernie Sanders, of course, will also be there. He had such an important role during the primaries, and people are now wondering what would have happened last night if he had been a candidate to replace Clinton. Among the rising voice could therefore observe this popular combination Warren-Sanders, with a more traditional figure as Gillibrand.
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