The pendulum of American politics has swung again.

Just one year after President Donald Trump and Republicans’ victories nationwide, the Democratic backlash has arrived in Tuesday’s elections.

Democrats won both governor’s races on the ballot, in Virginia and New Jersey — that was expected. But they won by a lot. Though votes are still being counted, at the time of this writing, Mikie Sherrill was winning New Jersey by 13 percentage points and Abigail Spanberger was winning Virginia by 14.

Such a result would mean a significant partisan swing — in both states — from last year, when Kamala Harris won them both by about 6 percentage points. It would also mean the political winds have shifted very dramatically from 2021, when Republican Glenn Youngkin won Virginia’s governorship by 2 percentage points and Democrat Phil Murphy won reelection in New Jersey by just 3.

In Virginia, Democrats also won down-ballot, expanding their House of Delegates majority from 51 seats to at least 60. This will likely allow them to

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