Democratic Control Of The House Is Trouble For Trump, And 6 Other Election Takeaways

Democratic Control Of The House Is Trouble For Trump, And 6 Other Election Takeaways Enlarge this image toggle caption Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images There are a lot of different ways to read the results from elections across the country Tuesday. It's also a challenge in that a new Democratic speaker of the House — presumably Nancy Pelosi, who spoke for the party Tuesday night — will have to try to unify a caucus that will have new centrists as well as a restive progressive base looking to exact revenge on Trump as the 2020 presidential campaign begins to ramp up. Enlarge this image toggle caption Loren Elliott/Getty Images Loren Elliott/Getty Images There was a real divergent message out of this election: Trump turned off independents, women and suburban voters key to the House races, but candidates who distanced themselves from Trump lost. Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Some Democrats may feel a bit of a letdown after Tuesday night because they are projected to lose some of the marquee races that grabbed national attention, like the Florida governor's race, as well as the Senate race in Texas.