On the 8th, the United States will hold what are known as midterm or midterm elections, considering they take place in the middle of the President’s term and can become a barometer of approval or disagreement with the current President’s policies.
In the vast majority of cases, if not all, what the voter in this nation generally thinks more about is their pocket, the internal sentiment outweighs their own interests, aside from whatever factors the ruling establishment promotes in foreign policy which Disadvantages for other races predominate.
If the trend of recent midterm elections continues, the opposition Republican Party would have the advantage today with a Democratic majority in both legislative houses.
It is always said that Democrats are more progressive entities than Republicans, although the better term would be less bad because there are many interest groups that influence each legislature on the basis of one or more corporations.
In all of this, we must not forget the role of the media, which has a lot to do with who is to be blamed for the outrage perpetrated by the current Biden administration, for example, in Afghanistan with a disorderly withdrawal when that was overseen by the previous Trump -Regime agreed.
In any case, there was a plan to end the failed and genocidal aggression of 20 years to focus on similar actions in the same Central Asian region and the creation of the Islamic State (Daesh) with terrorist and suicide attacks on mosques on the spot to leave schools, hospitals and markets lest the nation recover from the failure of the victorious Taliban government.
The ineffectiveness, weakness, cynicism and hypocrisy of the current democratic government are also reflected in the case of Cuba, which has failed to fulfill promises made three times to ease the deadlock of more than six decades by taking measures picks up Trump’s decree to please his partial Florida worms.
While much remains in the pipeline, the previous two examples show that “same chicha as lemon,” as the lack of honesty of US leaders has long been drowned out by arrogant policies that have humanity on its toes.
In any case, what happens with the US election at any stage always attracts attention, especially when the international media is spreading the details of the event left and right, whether simple or complex, and claiming a nonexistent freedom of expression appointed and neutrality. , because they reply to the highest bidder.
Although the election was supposed to be held on the 8th, there are already states in advance where it will be held, which totaled 30 million voters on Saturday to next Tuesday elect the governors of 36 states who have 435 seats in the House of Representatives The members are running every two years and 35 from the 100-member Senate, whose term is six years.
It is no small process: the last two years of the Biden administration, the initiatives and challenges of the last phase of his term in office, in addition to laying the foundations for the 2024 presidential election, largely depend on the results.
Officially, multiple parties participate in the election, but the real struggle in the United States is between the two major parties: the Republican and the Democrat. This is because the electoral system assigns the seat to the party that receives the most votes, in contrast to several countries where minority parties are given parliamentary representation through proportional representation systems.
Among the 36 states set to elect governors next November are five (Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona) that transitioned from Republican to Democratic hands in 2020.
In Georgia, for example, Republican Herschel Walker, who is supported by ex-President Donald Trump, will compete with Raphael Wernicke for a seat in the Senate. The Democrat is a reverend who met Fidel when he visited the United States in 1995. In addition, he has a long history of supporting left-wing politics, which is used by the far right to try to discredit him with the usual smear campaign
This election could mark the start of a 2024 campaign between Trump and Biden, so the main issues now are likely to continue to be when Americans will elect their next president two years from now.
The US Supreme Court’s decision last June to abolish the federal right to abortion access and give that power to each state was one of the axes of the Democratic candidates. Many have hoped for the opportunity to win over undecided and independent voters by promising to defend this right, expand it, or even pass legislation in Congress.
Republicans, meanwhile, capitalized on voters’ concerns about the economy, particularly over inflation — which is still the main issue in most polls; and on crime to create a backlash against Democrats at all levels.
And, I repeat, they have history on their side: over the past 150 years, the party that occupies the White House has lost seats in Congress in all but four elections. Additionally, Biden’s approval rating is 41% versus 54% disapproval, according to Cable News Network’s most recent poll, which tracks the average of other polls.
It seemed like Democrats would reverse the trend in elections of this nature in general, and even more so when they gained some advantage from the current administration’s victories in fighting the coronavirus, which has been sorely neglected in Trump’s mandate; official attempts to reduce racial discrimination, to cancel the debts of half the university students and to make as much humane as possible the lives of tens of thousands of people forced to live in shelters or abandoned on the streets, which is inherent in the exploitative system .
As of this writing, the Democratic Party is just 2% ahead of Republicans, and Biden’s approval rating continues to fall.
The situation is such that two so-called US political heavyweights, former Democratic President Barack Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders, have joined the campaign in favor of the Democratic Party.
Obama called on Pennsylvanians to vote, where he said, “You have some big decisions to make…now that the fate of our democracy and women’s rights is at stake.” He has also been to Georgia and Michigan.
Sanders (Vermont), who is independent but votes with the Democrats in Congress, has toured Oregon, California, Nevada, Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
He is one of the most popular politicians in the country. 94% of the population has heard of him, in addition to an acceptance rate of 46%, which according to Yugo data is higher among younger voters (54%).
Sanders, who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, has warned Democrats to focus their message on the economy, not abortion.
For example, 80% of Latino voters have stressed that inflation and the cost of living are their top concerns and a crucial element of this Tuesday’s election.
It is true that the Republicans have a well-deserved reputation for being more reactionary than the Democrats, but both parties, despite condemnation from the rest of the world, maintain a harsh human rights blockade of Cuba that the Empire itself tramples on.
That is why Cubans always remain vigilant, regardless of election results, which, as has so far been shown, are neither for us nor for us.