The Democrats have reached a détente in their internal war. Will it last?

The scale and scope of Democrats’ midterm battles appear to have temporarily eased the electability questions that have fueled the long-running impasse between the party’s factions. Progressives flipped House districts and won Senate seats in clearly purple terrain. Many moderate candidates have moved into deep red territory for the first time in decades. Together, Democrats are now heading toward their largest parliamentary majority of the century.

“We have this big marquee party coming to Congress, and I think that’s what people want,” said Pete Giangreco a veteran Democratic strategist who worked in House, Senate and gubernatorial races last cycle. “They don’t want these ideological divisions”