If one thing was clear about the Democratic wins up and down the ballot on Tuesday night, it’s that Americans had grown tired of waiting for President Donald Trump to fulfill his promises to bring down prices and to reduce inflation.

So they took matters into their own hands, embracing candidates from New York City and Trenton and from Richmond to Boston who made making life more affordable the animating principle of their campaigns.

And it wasn’t an abstraction.

Rather, it was grounded in the reality of the working lives of millions of Americans who are paying more for just about everything.

And it came against the backdrop of a seemingly endless government shutdown that also has made everyday life more difficult.

“I’m hopeful,” a Brooklyn Heights voter told the local Brooklyn Eag

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