After the midterms, where does the Republican Party stand?

On Tuesday, the United States held midterm elections. Every one of the 435 seats in the US House of Representatives was up for election and 35 of the 100 US Senate seats were on the ballot.

What happened

As the US media has taken to referring to them, the result of the elections was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party, or the blue team. It was a blue wave. A blue tsunami. Democrats flipped at least 40 House seats and seven Senate seats. It was a clear message to Washington that much of the US is unhappy with the direction the country is headed.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around after the midterms, where does the Republican Party stand? Point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.