Meaning of red wave | Babel Free

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A surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Republican Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.

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“Episodes like⟳ this may be one reason⟳ the red wave⟳ didn’t materialize, why Republicans failed to usher in a new dawn of prosperity for the multiracial working class that Republican leaders from Senator Ted Cruz to the House policy honcho Jim Banks say⟳ they want⟳ to champion.”

“Republicans had hoped that a “red wave⟳” in the midterm elections would allow⟳ them to flip dozens of House seats, giving them a much more comfortable majority. Instead, Republicans were barely about to flip the House, and Democrats may even be able to increase⟳ their Senate majority depending on the results of the Georgia runoff next month.”

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