Lessons from America’s midterm elections

The November 3, 2026 United States (US) midterm elections have left in their trail lessons for Nigeria and other developing nations. In the elections, all 435 seats in the US House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate were contested to determine the 120th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial US gubernatorial elections, attorney general elections, and numerous state and local elections were also contested. The democrats won the majority of seats in both houses of Congress and among state governorships across the United States. In the Senate, the Democrats won 54 seats, while the Republicans got 44 seats.
There is no doubt that Americans have spok...