democracy had to fight against gerrymandered congressional districts rigged by republicans to defy democracy. democracy had to fight against voter suppression in a country where republican-controlled states tried to make voting as difficult as possible, because they know democracy is their enemy. democracy won. the resistance won. and the 38% president is now having a very bad start of what promises to be an increasingly difficult road to the next election, two years from now. joining ow discussion now, joy reid, host of a.m. joy here on msnbc and a senior fellow at the senate of budget and policy priorities, economic policy a adviser to vice president biden. joy reid, on election night looked very good for democrats and after election night democrats continued to win as