Democratic Sweep in Midterm Elections Gives Some CC Students Hope

Roughly a dozen students around the Colorado College campus said they felt positive about Tuesday’s national election results. Colorado College is home to students from all over the country, some of whom said they voted in their home state. During a series of interviews while students were on break or headed to class the morning after Election Day, the reasoning for why they didn’t vote in Colorado was often because they felt more educated about the place where they grew up. Election analysts have called the Nov. 3 midterm results a “blue tsunami,” as reported in various national news outlets, including NBC and the New York Times. The Democratic Party not only won U.S. Senate races in key battleground states such as Michigan and Georgia, but flipped solidly conservative states like South Carolina and Texas. They also hold at least a 16-seat majority (as of Nov. 4) in the U.S. House, which means overwhelming Democratic control of the Legislative branch.

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