American mid-term elections; Is the “American Dream” in danger?
According to IRNA’s report on Tuesday, quoting Spain’s Efe news agency, the US mid-term elections will be held today (November 8/November 17) and although the polls give the Republicans a better chance of winning the majority of the seats and consider the change in the equation to be in favor of the Republicans, Both parties are still optimistic. According to the results of the survey conducted by the FiveThirtyEight website, the chances of the Republicans winning in the Senate are 54% and in the House of Representatives, 82%.
The danger lurking in the majority of the Democrats
Democrats currently hold the majority of seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and although there are areas such as Pennsylvania and Arizona that have attracted attention for swinging the results against the polls due to the margin of error of the polls, party leaders in this Two states say their strategy is fully aligned with the other 50 states.
“Our policies are important to every voter,” says Rona McDaniel, the leader of the Republican Party. Every citizen wants to live in a safe society so that his child can get an education, have independence in the field of energy and use the resources of our country instead of the resources of Venezuela or Saudi Arabia.
McDaniel, who has chaired the Republican National Committee since 2017, warned that the fate and survival of the “American Dream” will be decided when all members of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate are renewed on Tuesday.
Criticizing the performance of the Democrats, this Republican American official said: Americans are losing their savings and businesses, children are historically behind in school. Democrats are trying to scare people because they can’t look people in the eye and say, look what we’ve done in the last two years to improve the country.
According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the three regions of Georgia, Pennsylvania and Nevada are the most sensitive. A party that wins two of these three critical areas has a good chance of controlling the Senate. However, surprises may occur in other states, such as Arizona or New Hampshire, where Democrats are expected to win. Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio, where the conditions favor Republicans, will also be somewhat decisive.
Contrary to Republican comments, Democrats argue that American democracy would be at risk if conservatives win legislative power and their majorities pass proposals such as vetoing abortion at the federal level.
“We are witnessing something unprecedented,” says “Jamie Harrison”, the head of the Democratic Party. Instead of adding rights to what we already had access to, they are pulling back. America is not like this. We have seen this in dictators in other countries and it is something we should be very concerned about.
Big investments
Progressive Democrats have spent about 73 million dollars in this election. The cost of this party in the 2018 mid-term elections was 30 million dollars.
“We’ve made historic investments,” Harrison said. On January 6, 2021, the Republicans almost took over the country by revolt. We knew we had to do everything possible. The leader of the Democratic Party added that this large investment shows that Joe Biden’s administration and his party have moved “heaven and earth” to help the people.
He also stated: The only trick of the Republicans to get votes was to instill fear and lie to the people.
Through the Democratic and Republican parties, the wealthy dominate multimillion-dollar campaigns to elect their nominees and ensure that no one outside of their interests gets into government, experts say. According to some estimates, the chances of a person, without huge financial costs, to win the presidential election in the United States is about 4%.
According to Efe, the accusations of Republicans and Democrats cross and the polarization of America is quite evident. Americans, who Republicans say want change, are having a hard time right now. The price of gas and inflation have put them under pressure and violence is also a big problem in this country. The latest Bloomberg poll shows that 100% of respondents agree that inflation will plague the US economy in the next 12 months. Currently, despite the decrease in fuel prices, the “consumer price index” is still high (8.2 percent) at the same time as the highest inflation rate since 1982.
Turning prominent figures to the field of elections
In the last phase of the election campaigns, powerful figures of both parties increased their presence in rallies in an effort to mobilize voters. From former Republican President Donald Trump (2021-2017) to former Democratic President Barack Obama (2017-2009) or even Joe Biden, the current tenant of the White House.
Among other outstanding measures, special attention has been given to Latino voters; According to the figures provided, the Republicans have opened 21 centers across America for Latinos, and the Democrats have launched a special and innovative program (called Adelante) to reach out to Latino voters.
Traditionally, the party in power loses seats in midterm elections. The mid-term elections in America, which are held two years after the beginning of a government, are considered a kind of referendum on the performance of the government, and in the upcoming elections, the democratic Biden government will be put to the test.
According to media outlets such as Hill, the last time the US President’s party was able to win seats in the House was in 2002 and during the presidency of “George W. Bush” (2001-2009), when the Republicans took advantage of the wave of support after the attacks of September 11, 2001. they did
A severe and possible breakdown of the Congress paralyzes the approval and implementation of any kind of controversial action. As happened between 2011 and 2016, with “Barack Obama”, and between 2019 and 2020, with “Donald Trump”, the adoption of laws is limited to issues that can gain broad support between the two parties; Or laws such as the budget that must be passed compulsorily.