WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disenchanted U.S. voters swept Democrats from power in the House of Representatives and strengthened the ranks of Senate Republicans on Tuesday in an election rout that dealt a sharp rebuke to President Barack Obama.
Two years after Obama won the White House, voter anxiety about the struggling economy and discontent with his leadership fuelled big Republican gains that toppled Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from power and ushered in a new era of divided government.