Economic concerns and Joe Biden's disapproval rating failed to deliver the results that Republicans hoped for.
Former President Donald Trump was among those who predicted a sweeping "Red Wave" at the polls.With inflation at 8% and poor approval ratings for the Democratic president, Republicans were hoping to make big strides in retaking Congress. Why hasn't that happened?
While the party has made modest gains and remains favoured to win the House of Representatives, the Senate remained hotly contested and the Democrats have performed better than expected. Why?Inflation and the economy - while top of the list of voter concerns - proved not to be as damaging to Democrats as they had feared.
The spectre of Donald Trump kept those issues alive and helped to keep the Democratic base motivated to vote. "Generation Z voters actually did turn out," Jon Taylor, a political science professor at the University of Texas - San Antonio told the BBC. "I'm a gay man and the abortion ruling is indicative of how repressive American policies are getting," said Mr Pribble.Democrats including Joe Biden focused heavily on abortion rights in the lead-up to the election.
Justin Buchler, a professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, said that previous midterm results may have created a "default" and "baseline" expectation that the Republican victory would be greater than it was."Generally people make statements that are not backed up by data, and each side sort of has incentives for a little bit of cheerleading.
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