America’s democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right. Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country.

From the pages of The Hindu, November 7, 1974: Democrat Party routed the Republicans in the mid-term elections... and for the next two years President Ford will face a theoretically veto-proof Congress.

Donald Trump’s decisive presidential victory this week caps a turbulent four years out of office for the Republican leader. During his time away from the White House, Trump went from embattled one-term president facing internal Republican challengers and multiple trials...

The election of Donald Trump will likely bring momentous changes certain to cut across political and cultural lines, and to put the nation's democracy under strain.