Indicative of Americans’ interest in this election is the fact that more than 43 million of them had already voted last night in this election, either in advance or by mail.
Americans are called to the polls today for the midterm elections that are critical to his political future Joe Biden and his Donald Trumpwho is openly flirting with a 2024 presidential run.
The Democratic president called on the country to “defend democracy” while his Republican predecessor promised a “very big announcement” next week – by implying that he will make a new attempt to be elected president.
Across the country, polling stations will open from 6 or 7 am (13:00 or 14:00 Greek time) depending on the state today, the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, in line with tradition for the US national elections.
American voters will vote for the entire House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate and a number of elected officials.
Abortion rights referendums will also be held today in four states: California, Vermont, Kentucky and Michigan.
After a furious campaign focused on inflation, Republicans look increasingly confident about their chances of stripping Joe Biden of his majorities in Congress.
“If you want to end the destruction of your country and save the American dream, you have to vote Republican tomorrow,” former President Donald Trump, who has been ubiquitous in this election campaign, said at a final campaign rally yesterday, Monday. at night in Ohio, one of the country’s industrial strongholds.
Surrounded by a flood of red hats, the 76-year-old billionaire announced he would make “a very big announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Mar-a-Lago,” his Florida home, knowing full well that a victory for his running mates in today’s polls would could provide him with the ideal springboard for a run in the 2024 presidential election.
Inflation, above all
These midterm elections, held two years after the 2020 presidential election, are also a referendum on the occupant of the White House. The president’s party rarely escapes a punishment vote.
Until the end, Joe Biden’s camp sought to rally the left and center votes by portraying the Republican opposition as a threat to democracy and social gains such as abortion rights.
“We know that our democracy is in danger,” said the 79-year-old president at a final pre-election rally yesterday, Monday night in Maryland, at the gates of Washington.
But the rise in prices – 8.2% on average over the year – remains by far the main concern of Americans, and Joe Biden’s efforts to appear as “the president of the middle class” do not seem to be bearing fruit.
According to the latest polls, the Republican opposition has a good chance of getting at least 10 to 25 seats in the lower house – enough to have a majority there. Pollsters are more reserved about the Senate, but Republicans appear to have the upper hand there as well.
Losing control of both houses of Congress would have dire consequences for the Democratic president, who has so far said he has “the intent” to run in 2024, potentially setting up a repeat of the 2020 showdown.
Yesterday, Monday night, the president assured that he is “optimistic” about the outcome of the vote. However, he admitted that it will be “difficult” to maintain control of the Parliament.
Indicative of Americans’ interest in this election is the fact that more than 43 million of them had already voted last night in this election, either in advance or by mail.
The results of some of the more lopsided duels may still take days to be announced.
Duels
In particular, the midterm elections will be played in a handful of key states – the same ones that were lopsided in the 2020 presidential election.
All the spotlight is thus on Pennsylvania, a former steel stronghold, where multimillionaire Republican surgeon Mehmet Oz, backed by Donald Trump, is facing Democratic former small-town mayor John Fetterman for the most contested Senate seat, as on this seat will probably depend the balance of powers in the upper house with the vast powers.
Like 2020, Georgia is at the heart of the controversy. Democrat Raphael Warnock, the first black congressman ever elected in this southern state, is seeking re-election against Herschel Walker, an African-American former athlete who is also backed by the former president.
Arizona, Ohio, Nevada, Wisconsin and North Carolina are also hotbeds, where Democrats are pitted against Donald Trump’s candidates who pledge total loyalty to the former White House occupant.
These contests are fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars, making this election the most expensive midterm election in United States history.
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