'A feeling of redemption': Young voters in Maine hail Democratic victory

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'A feeling of redemption': Young voters in Maine hail Democratic victory  Young voters in Portland, Maine, have welcomed the Democrats' sweeping victories in the 2026 midterm elections, with celebrations breaking out as results came in. Some described the outcome as a moment of redemption after years of political disappointment.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/11/04/a-feeling-of-redemption-young-voters-in-maine-hail-democratic-victory  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:30I think a lot of people in my generation were like, the first election I voted in was 2016,

00:35so I'm like shell-shocked from having such an exciting race that ended so badly.

00:40And so it feels like a redemption.

00:41It feels like a healing right now that we get to have put in all this work for the last

00:4610 years

00:46to come out in 2026 and see all these changes happening in the country.

00:51It's really, really exciting.

00:53I'm cautiously optimistic.

00:55I feel like there's a good chance of some positive change.

00:59I feel like people are also going to be really inspired and hopefully turn out even stronger in the next

01:03election.

01:04So, fingers crossed, this is just the start of something bigger.

01:08I'm hoping this translates into actual action, which the Democrats have not historically been great at.

01:17But I was very nervous at the start of the night, and now I feel like I can sleep a

01:23little bit easier.

01:25But we'll see what the next few months bring and what actually actionable things happen.

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