Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump - WDEF

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

87% : "He's doing a terrific job," Trump said.
66% : Trump, speaking early Wednesday at his election night party in Florida, said the results delivered an "unprecedented and powerful mandate" for Republicans.
63% : "Trump is "thinking big" about his legacy, Johnson said.
56% : All told, Senate Republicans have a chance to scoop up more seats, potentially delivering their most robust majority in years -- a coda to outgoing GOP Leader McConnell, who made a career charting a path to power, this time by recruiting high-wealth Republicans aligned with Trump.
52% : To gain control of the House, Democrats need to flip four seats from Republicans, while holding all of their own, a tall task especially in congressional districts where Trump has won.
51% : Trump said he has won a "powerful mandate."
45% : From there, the Republicans marched alongside Trump across the Senate map.
37% : And he praised House Speaker Mike Johnson, who dashed from his own party in Louisiana to join Trump.
32% : This is the first presidential election since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, when Trump sent a mob of his supporters to "fight like hell" against the 2020 election.
24% : AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide, found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change as Americans faced a stark choice between Trump and Harris.
20% : Trump himself has promised mass deportations and retribution on his perceived enemies.
11% : McConnell declined to answer questions about his past stark criticism of Trump or about the prospects of potential nominees in a new administration.

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