GEORGE W. BUSH described his party’s midterm loss in 2006 as a “thumping(惨败；重挫)”; Barack Obama called his setback four years later a “shellacking(痛击；惨败)”. There may not be a sufficient superlative in the English language for the magnitude of the midterm defeat that Republicans suffered on November 3rd, but Donald Trump might call it “yuge”.(英语里或许找不出足够的最高级词汇来形容共和党11月3日中期选举失败的严重程度，但唐纳德·特朗普可能会称之为“巨大”。)
乔治·W·布什曾把本党2006年的中期选举失利形容为“惨败”；巴拉克·奥巴马则把四年后的挫败称为“痛击”。英语里或许找不出足够的最高级词汇来形容共和党11月3日中期选举失败的严重程度，但唐纳德·特朗普可能会称之为“巨大”。
When The Economist went to press(付印；开印) on November 5th, Democrats were expected to win the national popular vote for the House of Representatives by 13 percentage points, the largest congressional margin(优势；差额) of victory for either party since 1976, in the wake of(在……之后；随……而来) the Watergate scandal. They are on track(有望；在正轨上) to win around 260 of the 435 seats in the lower chamber(议院；会议厅), more than they obtained amid the financial crisis of 2008. The party has secured at least a 54-46 majority in the Senate, including victories in five states that Mr Trump won by double digits(两位数) in 2024. Betting markets are nearly certain that it will win the two remaining uncalled races in Alaska and, shockingly, Mississippi, which backed Mr Trump by 23 points two years ago.(博彩市场几乎确定该党将赢得阿拉斯加和密西西比这两个尚未宣布结果的席位——令人震惊的是，密西西比两年前还以23个百分点支持特朗普。)
截至11月5日《经济学人》付印时，民主党预计在众议院全国普选票中领先13个百分点，这是自1976年水门事件余波以来两党在国会选举中取得的最大优势。他们有望赢得下议院435个席位中的约260席，超过2008年金融危机期间获得的席位。该党已确保参议院至少54比46的多数，包括在特朗普2024年以两位数优势赢下的五个州获胜。博彩市场几乎确定该党将赢得阿拉斯加和密西西比这两个尚未宣布结果的席位——令人震惊的是，密西西比两年前还以23个百分点支持特朗普。
In state contests, Democrats comfortably unseated(击败；使下台) Republican governors in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas, and are expected to claim another in Alaska. By winning state legislatures, too, they gained unified control of government(统一控制政府) in Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and are likely to do so in Arizona as well.
在州级选举中，民主党轻松击败了佐治亚、艾奥瓦、内华达、俄亥俄和得克萨斯州的共和党州长，预计还将在阿拉斯加再下一城。通过赢得州议会，他们还统一控制了密歇根、明尼苏达、内华达、宾夕法尼亚和威斯康星州的政府，并可能在亚利桑那州同样实现。
