{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "what\u2019s your take on the midterm elections?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/179881963928/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: what\u2019s your take on the midterm elections?</div>\n<p>It was a solid night for the Dems, in particular they finally seem to have matched the midterm, state level, and electoral infrastructure strengths that the Republicans had been developing since the administration of Bush the Younger and used to steadily grind them down</p><p>But for all that it was a solid night within a \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d framework and not the \u201cthe system comprehensively rejects the Trump-era Republicans\u201d night they were hoping for, and if anything it augurs to put us back to a divided government, \u201cnormal politics\u201d situation as the realignments play out apace.</p>"}