If 2024 was a dumpster fire for Democrats, then 2025 might be the firehose. Tuesday’s US elections weren’t just wins, say analysts, they offer a way forward against Donald Trump’s Republicans.

Abigail Spanberger flipped Virginia’s governorship with a double-digit win, fellow moderate Mikie Sherrill took New Jersey by storm and Zohran Mamdani turned New York City into a progressive playground.

These were not isolated victories, say Washington-watchers, but full-throated endorsements of a new Democratic vibe centered on the middle class.

“These two candidates, in particular — in Virginia and New Jersey — showed the Democrats how to mobilize their base, how to get out the vote,” said Wendy Schiller, a political science professor at Brown University.

“That is what Donald Trump has been bet

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