Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) -- The midterm elections are less than three weeks away, but by several measures, Democrats have already won. Sure, elections are about the race to the top between competing candidates, but they're also a barometer on long-term trends, issues and party trajectories. While the winners of this season's sprints have yet to be determined, Democrats look well-positioned for the lengthier political marathon. How? 1. There's still a contest for the Senate Historically, the party in the White House tends to lose seats in Congress during midterm elections. The second midterm election of a two-term president -- as this election is for President Barack Obama -- is usually brutal. Only six times since the Civil War has a president come close to gaining seats in both chambers in a sixth-year election.Sally Kohn: Midterm elections are also a gauge for trends and party trajectoriesKohn: By that measure, Democrats have won on issues and policies that matter to the publicShe says GOP's war on women have turned off voters; some Republicans act desperateKohn: Democrats will likely prevail in elections down the road, which is the ultimate victory 
 Question:Mind you, it's deeply disturbing that _ have used the fig leaf of voter fraud to justify disenfranchising countless legitimate voters to serve their partisan ends.

GOP