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In less than a couple of weeks, the world has watched two major superpowers, the US and China, handle their politics in very different ways.

At the beginning of October, the Chinese communist Party (CPC), led by Xi Jinping, purged its top body, the Central Committee, of at least 45 members in secretive meetings. The public in China or in the world didn’t know if it was right or wrong, fully justified or utterly capricious. The public could not vote or even openly root for or against the 45. They were called only to acquiesce, not oppose the choices made elsewhere.

It was all conducted in silence, and outside silence surrounded it. It made no waves, no negative, but most importantly, no positive.

A few weeks later, the American people, amid the world’s audience loudly cheering for or against, slapped down their president, Donald.

Tuesday night’s midterm elections in the United States delivered as clear as a result they could. The Democrats won a resounding victory in both the House and the Senate, far exceeding expectations. For President Donald Trump this has been the strongest defeat in Congress since his first election as president in 2016 and the toughest Republican setback since Nixon’s Watergate scandal in 1972.

In the House, Democrats are projected to gain more than 40 seats, bringing their total to a majority of more than 250 of 435. In the Senate, the situation is even clearer: Democrats have flipped between 7 and 9 seats, meaning they will reach a 54- or 56-seat majority out of 100. 

That Democrats would gain the House was to be taken almost for granted: the Republicans held a very slim majority and, in midterm elections, the party that holds the presidency usually net loses a few seats (notable exception being the 2002 election, when, in the aftermath of 9/11, the country rallied behind Bush’s Republican Party). However, the sheer magnitude of the victory is remarkable. This could.