![]() ![]() However, the likely Republican victory in the House will nonetheless hit the Democratic Party and the remainder of Biden’s tenure hard, especially when the country is divided as never before, with many Republican voters and leaders echoing former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential elections were stolen. Historically, the party in power almost always loses the first midterm elections. Anger among the electorate over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nationwide right to abortion helped the Democrats curb their losses, the Associate Press reported.Īlso Read | Expert Explains | Midterms 2022: In battle for the soul of America, what’s at stake for the stars and stripes? Democrats damagedĭemocrats have sustained some significant losses, however - important Democratic leaders Stacey Abrams and Beto O’Rourke lost their gubernatorial races in Georgia and Texas respectively. Early results and predictions have shown that they outperformed expectations and won in a number of states, such as Pennsylvania, where Democrat John Fettermen defeated Republican candidate Mehmet Oz. ![]() While the Republican Party is still likely to take over the House of Representatives (lower chamber), the Democrats put up a strong defence. Conceding that his party’s results by Tuesday night were not up to mark, Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC, “Definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for darn sure.” ![]() The massive ‘red wave’ that Republicans and analysts had predicted would splash across the US - in light of high inflation rates and President Biden’s low approval rating - came as a whimper rather than a bang. US Midterms | Did the economy play a smaller role than expected? US Midterms: No Republican red wave ![]()
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