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Analysis: The US presidency appears to have been settled, and control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air

On November 6th, according to the analysis of Jin Ten, although Trump is expected to win the US presidency, it may take days or weeks for him to know whether he has strong allies in the House of Representatives, in part because of the fierce election in states with long vote counts such as California and Arizona. For months, neither party has held a clear advantage. In the early hours of Wednesday local time, in a series of intense House races, the result was still inconclusive. Democrats have invested heavily in trying to regain control of blue state seats and see it as a key path to regaining the majority in the House of Representatives. With the Senate in Republican hands, if House Republicans win, Trump could get a coveted "trifecta", paving the way for Republican legislative priorities such as tax cuts. But if Democrats succeed in turning the Senate around, a divided Congress could mean Trump faces the same partisan battles over spending and the debt ceiling that have dogged lawmakers for the past two years.