WASHINGTON - The Guardian asked in an article whether the US midterm elections will bring a blue wave of Democrats winning seats, or something larger that it called a blue flood. The article was written by David Smith in Washington. Its summary links the question to the standing of the Republican Party after a series of remarks by Donald Trump.
According to The Guardian, Trump uttered five words this summer that could seal the Republican party’s fate: “Pretend I’m on the ticket.” The summary also cites other comments from the same period. In them, Trump spoke admiringly of a senator’s posterior, baselessly accused a Muslim candidate of being a terrorist, boasted about his renovations of the White House, and quipped that his own supporters could not afford a hamburger at his Mar-a-Lago club.
The Guardian’s summary does not state a forecast for how many seats Democrats might win, and it does not say how the article answers its own question about a wave or a flood.
The Hill also addressed the subject, in an opinion piece on the benefits of a big blue wave by Svante Myrick, an opinion contributor to the paper. The Hill’s summary says, “There are many reasons to vote against continued Republican rule.”
The two pieces differ in kind. The Hill identifies Myrick as an opinion contributor, so his piece argues a position rather than reporting results or a forecast. Neither The Guardian’s summary nor The Hill’s summary provides vote totals or seat counts.
Sources: The Guardian: Are the US midterms going to see a blue wave of Democrats winning seats - or a blue flood?; The Hill: The benefits of a big blue wave.