“People hate the way that Trump is running this country,” the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues. Her fellow columnists and the American electorate agree. Democrats had a great night, but what now? Eight Opinion columnists offer their views on what Democrats need to do next, and what Trump’s final two years in office might hold.

U.S. stock futures fell as the first results came in, but later traded higher as investors assessed the outlook for artificial intelligence and other key sectors as the balance of power shifts in Washington.

The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.