Goa, Nov. 8 -- One of the main things to note in these elections is the dramatic shift in the youth vote, from deeply unsatisfied young people who turned heavily to the Democrats but remain fundamentally unhappy with the status quo

They just lost their own Uttar Pradesh" was one apt sentiment on Twitter this week, about the astonishing election results from Texas, largest state in the US "lower 48", where the Republican Party dominated for decades before getting badly thrashed on 4th November. Governor (where Gina Hinojosa will become the first Latina to hold that office), Senator (as 37-year-old James Talarico just became the youngest member of the US Senate), Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Agriculture Commissioner,...