Presidential historian calls Democrats' midterm wins "history in the making"
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[0:00] The Democrats swept both houses of
[0:02] Congress in truly historic fashion with
[0:04] the largest popular vote victory for
[0:06] either party since 1976. For more on
[0:09] this, Douglas Brinkley joins us now.
[0:10] He's a presidential historian and
[0:12] professor of history at Rice University.
[0:14] Good to see you. How would you put into
[0:16] context what the Democrats have done
[0:18] historically here?
[0:20] >> This is an epic win for the Democratic
[0:22] Party. It's really history in the
[0:24] making. we're living it right now as
[0:26] we're looking to see what's going on in
[0:28] uh Mississippi and Alaska. Uh you said
[0:30] to go back to 1976,
[0:33] you're real