From a Washington Post analysis by Dan Balz headlined “In election 2022, the Party of Trump pays for being the party of Trump”:

Election Day has come and gone, and the counting continues without a definitive answer to the question of what the balance of power will look like in the coming two years. But a clear message has come through from the voters: a desire for stability at a time of unrest, a call for seriousness at a time it is needed.