Global leaders shared their reactions a day after Democrats routed the Republican Party in the midterm elections and were on track to control both the House and the Senate.

The result, which was widely seen as a referendum on the US President, will usher in a new era of political polarisation in Washington, with Democrats certain to use their control of congress to attac...

Senate seats went blue in traditional Republican strongholds such as Texas, South Carolina and Kansas, where the Democrats had their first win since 1932.