How big is the Dems’ mandate? And what comes next? Enten & CNN unpack

0 November 5, 2026 15:30

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten answers the question of just how big the Democrats’ mandate is after the 2026 midterm elections, and starts to look at what it might mean for the presidential election in two years.

Also, CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere parses what the Democrats will do now, and John Berman talks with Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), House Minority Whip and presumptive House Majority Leader in the next Congress, about Democrats’ priorities for the new term.

0:00 Just how big is the Democrats’ mandate? ‘It is both wide and it is deep’
1:52 What might this mean for the 2028 presidential election?
3:19 Now that they’ve won big, what do Dems do now?
7:20 Prospective House Majority Leader Katherine Clark (D-MA) on Dems’ top priorities
13:55 CNN political commentator Jamal Simmons on what makes him nervous now

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