At a Republican watch party early Tuesday evening in the Milwaukee suburbs, Dimitra Anderson, a 64-year-old bellydancer, clutched her boa constrictor – a pet that travels with her everywhere – and issued a confident proclamation: “I’m ecstatic because I believe he’s going to win in a tidal wave.” ‘Red’ US states pass progressive laws while ‘blue’ states vote for conservative measures The night was young, no swing states had been called yet, but Anderson, who describes herself as a born-...