The country feels different as the US midterm election results come rolling in. When all of the votes are counted, Democrats are set to win the national popular vote in all House races by about 13 percentage points. The voters have spoken in huge numbers: they want leaders who make everyday life a little bit easier.

Now the politicians must answer, and, essentially, they need to design policies that lower costs for ordinary people in the US. It’s not about revenge: revenge is too distinct from US consumers’ lived experiences.

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, says that one of the main things “Democrats need to do now is hold not just Trump’s officials, but also his enablers, accountable.” Representative Robert Garcia of California posted on social media in the same vein: “Lawyer Up” to the MAGA losers.

No, that’s playground antics. Instead, the next two years must demonstrate a willingness to listen to US citizens as each family struggles to make ends meet with groceries, household utilities, healthcare, and other daily costs.

Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign in North Carolina had a mantra that permeated every stop on his statewide tour: Make Stuff Cost Less.

James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, Roy Cooper, among others, grounded their campaigns in economic populist agendas. They harangued against President Trump’s economic record and called out corruption for what it is — self-promotion over the interest of US citizens.

Georgia’s Senator-elect Jon Ossoff made Trump’s assault on the rule of law practical. In everyday terms he pointed out to voters how democracy and economic distress depend on each other.

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