Supporters at the Troy Jackson election night watch party in Portland, Maine.
Hilary Swift for CNN
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There’s only way to view the Democrats’ midterm election triumph: It is one of the most colossal repudiations of a sitting president in modern history.

Voters had the chance to cast their judgment on Trump’s imperial power grabs; his unpopular war in Iran; his failure to roll back the punishing cost of living; his chaos; his administration’s alleged corruption; and his masked agents rounding up migrants.