The result of the US midterm elections is not yet known. However, the Republicans seem to be winning the House of Representatives, the Senate majority is a tougher fight.
PHILADELPHIA. The importance of the US midterm elections can hardly be overemphasized. The elections will elect both a new House of Representatives and a third of the Senate and the new leadership of several states.
In practice, therefore, it is who decides the direction of the superpower. If the Republicans win in the House of Representatives, the party can decisively make it difficult for the president Joe Biden companies to promote their goals in their final season.
In practice, for example, climate measures would largely depend on presidential orders. US support to Ukraine could also falter, or at least shrink. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has said that even if the support continues, it will be even more precise.
At stake in these elections is also whether the people’s votes matter at all in the upcoming elections. Election day has been overshadowed by concerns about whether voters and politicians will accept the results of these elections as well.
Republicans need to win only five new seats in the House of Representatives to give the party a majority there. The counting of votes is still in progress, but the victory seems almost certain.
If that happens, Republicans can effectively block Democratic bills from moving forward. The House of Representatives and the Senate are jointly responsible for approving the state budget. For Republicans, approving or not approving the budget will be a significant means of political pressure in the future.
On the Senate side, the Democrats still have a good chance of a landslide victory, where the party would retain its narrow majority. Then Biden would be able to continue appointing judges at the federal level.
However, for the Republicans, it is enough for the party to win one new senator. The distribution of power in the Senate depends primarily on six states, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. As of this writing, none of the races have been decided yet, and the Pennslyvania vote count in particular is expected to last at least until tomorrow.
When are the elections anyway solve, is a more complicated matter.
Republican politicians around the country have demanded changes, especially regarding the acceptance of advance or postal votes.
Democrats vote more early than Republicans, so the Democratic Party has accused Republicans of partisan voter suppression. Republicans justify the demands by ensuring the integrity of elections.
Controversies about the counting of votes will probably continue in various courts long after the elections.
Actually, it’s just a prelude to what’s to come, especially after this election. In the future, it is not at all self-evident that, for example, the result of the presidential election will be accepted.
Hundreds of Republican candidates at both the federal and state levels are among the so-called caucuses, or politicians who do not accept the outcome of the last presidential election. Once in power, the anti-election parties may try to prevent the acceptance of the election result in future elections.
For example, in Arizona and Michigan, the Republican gubernatorial candidates are among the abstainers. The governor plays a significant role in confirming the election result. At this point in the vote count, the Democratic candidates are still leading in both states.
In the history of midterm elections, the overwhelming turnout in these midterm elections is a great example of the fact that citizens still believe in the importance of their vote.
However, it will be a small joy if those votes can be nullified in the future.
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