On Tuesday, President Joe Biden tried to mobilize Democratic voters by painting a bleak picture of the country under a Republican majority in Congress on issues ranging from the economy to democracy to abortion rights as the outlook for his Party a week earlier worsened the presidential election. midterm elections.
This election is not a referendum. It's a choice. It's a choice between two very different visions of the United States," Biden said during a political event in Florida, the state where the still-influential former Republican President Donald Trump resides. Midterm elections usually serve as a referendum on the incumbent leader, which usually results in the president's party losing seats in the House of Representatives.
The Democratic Party faces an uphill battle to buck this historic trend amid high inflation and falling Biden popularity. Election forecaster FiveThirtyEight thinks Republicans have a four-in-five chance of winning back the House of Representatives.
The Senate is considered the draw, but the odds of the Democratic Party holding the chamber have dwindled in recent weeks. Losing control of one or both houses of Congress would be a setback for Biden, as it would allow Republicans to erect obstacles in 's Legislature. Agenda for the remaining two years of his tenure as President. The result will also affect the prospects of 79-year-old Biden, who is seeking re-election in 2024.
When attending a series of events across the southern state of Florida, Biden touted his economic achievements since taking office in January last year, such as signing legislation that paves the way for what he calls "an infrastructure investment." of a generation". such as roads, bridges and high-speed Internet access.
Democrats will protect the Social Security and health care programs that have benefited the elderly while Republicans will seek to take them away, Biden said, while pledging to pass federal law guaranteeing abortion rights if it does the Democratic Party has both majorities.
He also warned that democracy is at stake in the upcoming election, noting that among Republicans on the ballot are many of the so-called election deniers who side with Trump's baseless claim stand that the results of the 2020 presidential election are fraudulent.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and about a third of the 100-seat Senate are on the ballot in Tuesday's midterm elections. Races to elect 36 governors, as well as mayoral contests and fights for seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
Democrats' optimism that they could retain control of the House of Representatives rose at one point after a violent backlash over a conservative Supreme Court decision in June to overturn abortion rights, an easing in gas prices and a slight rise Biden's approval ratings followed.
But momentum appears to have waned as the election approaches, and instead the prospect of a "red wave" that could result in Republicans taking control of both houses has resurfaced.
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