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The Blue Wave Washed Across Much of America. But Not Here.
New York Times US and Vox describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedBy some measures, the Republican Party grew even stronger in South Dakota, one of the states that shifted the least toward Democrats in the midterms.
The headline splitNew York Times US frames it as "The Blue Wave Washed Across Much of America. But Not Here.". Vox frames it as "The biggest blue wave in 50 years, explained in 7 charts".
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Left / center-leftThe Blue Wave Washed Across Much of America. But Not Here.
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The biggest blue wave in 50 years, explained in 7 charts
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