The Presidential and Congressional Elections of 2024 produced some significant positives for the Democratic Party, despite Donald Trump’s close victory for the Presidency, and gaining of 53 seats in the US Senate and about the same tiny margin in the US House of Representatives that the Republicans already had.
Trump’s margin of victory was smaller than that of Joe Biden or Barack Obama, and Trump’s victory was less impressive than any election since the late 19th century Gilded Age. He was NOT anywhere near the landslides of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, Richard Nixon in 1972 or Ronald Reagan in 1984, but Trump is trying to claim otherwise.
Also, each of these landslide victories led to a loss of seats in the following midterm elections for the President’s party, so there is hope for the future of the Democratic Party in 2026 and 2028.
Also, Democrats were able to retain control of Senate seats in four “swing” states that Trump won–Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin, while losing the Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
North Carolina, despite going to Trump, elected an entire Democratic state government team, including Josh Stein, who is Jewish, as Governor.
Also, Matt Meyer, who is Jewish, was elected Governor of Delaware.
And despite attacks by Republicans on “diversity”, the Democrats were able to win or hold Senate seats with other than white straight Christians, as witness the following:
Arizona–Ruben Gallego–Hispanic male–elected to open Senate seat
Nevada–Jacky Rosen, Jewish female, reelected
Michigan–Elissa Slotkin, Jewish female, elected to open Senate seat
California–Adam Schiff, Jewish male, elected to open Senate seat
Wisconsin–Tammy Baldwin, Lesbian, reelected
New Jersey–Andy Kim–Korean American male–elected to open Senate seat
Delaware–Lisa Blunt Rochester–African American female–elected to open Senate seat
Maryland–Angela Alsobrooks–African American female–elected to open Senate seat