Another heavy defeat for US President Barack Obama. In the mid-term elections, the Republican Party clearly prevailed over its Democratic rivals, thus obtaining a majority in both the House and the Senate, and undermining the coalition that had brought Obama to the White House in 2008 and 2012.
Now begin two very difficult years for Obama, now "a lame duck", as they say in the US, or a President who will have to manage the executive power from a position of great weakness.
From the very first exit polls, the result was clear: over 50% of voters who had just left the polls said they were unhappy with the parliamentarians of both parties, but even more so with the administration.
The recovering economy was not enough for Obama, as the electorate disappointed with the faltering rollout of healthcare reform, stuttering employment, the failure to renew immigration laws, the failed attempt to limit the sale of weapons after the Sandy Hook massacre, international crises such as that of Isis, and even the management of the Ebola emergency.
The midterm elections essentially turned into a referendum on Obama. And the number one from the White House was rejected. The Republicans took back Montana, West Virginia, South Dakota, Arkansas and Alaska, as well as Iowa, North Carolina and Colorado.
