An illuminated gas station sign in Georgia displays fuel prices for unleaded, no ethanol and diesel
A gas station in Buford, Georgia, on 26 October. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
A gas station in Buford, Georgia, on 26 October. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
AnalysisTrump may have lost but don’t bet Democrats can fix the economyEduardo Porter

There’s not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters’ stress over prices

It was the economy, again. Although Donald Trump largely ignored it, voters’ acute concerns over the rising cost of living fuelled a political upheaval for the ages that is likely to deliver the biggest swing toward Democrats since Watergate, granting them the largest House majority in nearly four decades alongside their biggest edge in the Senate since 2008.