Biden ‘Blue Wave’ Fails to Materialize as GOP Bests Expectations
- Trump fared surprisingly well in key states despite pandemic
- Senate likely to remain in Republican control after few upsets
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Democrats entered the U.S. election hoping for a repudiation of Donald Trump that would sweep them back to power in Washington. Instead, they were denied their “blue wave” by the president and congressional Republicans who defied polls to make races for the White House and Senate control too close to call.
The results left Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden struggling for narrow victories in a handful of battleground states and the party’s chances of a winning a Senate majority all but out of reach.