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Party like it's 2018: Democrats look back at 1st Trump midterms for 2025 races and beyond

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80% Informative

Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill are headliners in the 2018 roster of center-left Democrats who helped flip House control from Republicans with balanced appeals to moderates, progressives and even anti-Trump conservatives.

Both women are selling themselves as Democrats who can rise above the rancor of Donald Trump’s Washington .

Spanberger and Sherrill avoid getting mired in internal party tussle among progressives, liberals and moderates.

Strategists: Voters are looking for politicians who they think understand them and can get things done to help them.

Democrats do not dispute that a candidate’s military and national security experiences help neutralize Republican attacks of all Democrats as too liberal or out of touch.

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85

Informative language

85

Neutral language

49

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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