US Votes

From the BBC:
"US mid-terms: Republicans win control of the Senate"

The Republican Party has taken control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final years of President Barack Obama's presidency. After gains in Arkansas, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia and Colorado, North Carolina clinched victory. Mitch McConnell will become the Senate majority leader. According to AP news agency, the party is also set to increase its majority in the lower House of Representatives  Now they control both houses of Congress, the Republicans have the power to shut down Mr Obama's policies in the last two years of his term.

For the past year, political gridlock in Congress has reached historical levels and analysts say this win could make the situation even worse before the president poll in 2016.


^ Hopefully, both the Senate and the House can now do what Obama hasn't been able to do throughout his terms  - -  make the country stronger domestically and internationally. I just hope that there are no government shut-downs or other major problems that neither side will refuse to tackle. I voted today (it was a little odd as my town requires you to use a pencil on your ballot - I guess so it's easier to erase if they don't like who you picked. Unlike the majority of the world where you have to vote for a party and hope they chose the person you want I vote for the person regardless of party. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29910542