USA: What the results of the midterm elections signal – The next day

The victory of Kathryn Cortes Masto in Nevada gave a big breath to the Democrats, as they retained control of the Senate after the midterm elections on USA and they can move comfortably in either House of Congress. However, the Republicans managed to get a victory in the House of Representatives, but the majority they have remains fragile.

This majority in the House will certainly allow them to make “life more difficult” for President Biden during the latter part of his four-year term. In the Republican camp, however, there is no room for celebration. To their dismay and to the disproof of the polls, the “red wave” they expected never reached Washington. Their performances are more than disappointing if we consider that traditionally mid-term elections tend to favor the party in opposition. In this unexpected result it seems that an important role was played by the fact that in some key states voters ranked the issue of abortion and the course of American democracy particularly high.

For the White House but also for him Joe Biden personally, who was contested by friends and foes alike, the election result must be seen as a vindication. In any case, the American president comes out surprisingly strengthened, given that much more popular presidents, such as Barack Obama, suffered a crushing defeat in the midterm elections. However, the same cannot be said for the former president of the USA, Donald Trump, who, against the recommendations of his associates, decided to get directly involved in the November elections. The result was certainly not what he expected and so instead of capitalizing on the impending “red wave”, he found himself fatally linked to the poor electoral performance of the Republicans.

There are not a few analysts who speak of condemning “trampism” itself, as voters turned their backs on all the extreme candidates who formally embraced conspiracy theories that challenged the validity of the electoral process. The defeat of these “America First” candidates is a sure setback in the effort by Trump’s allies to control the electoral machinery in a number of swing states ahead of the 2024 presidential election. , the November election result opens for the first time since 2016 a “window” of contestation, which remains to be seen how it will be exploited by the traditional Republican elite, which has never taken kindly to Trump’s takeover of the party. What we have to wait to see is whether they will choose to invest in a more systemic candidate or look for a replacement for Trump who will more or less be able to express the same views but in a more institutional way.

As far as Greece is concerned, the control of the Senate by the Democrats is valued positively, as it means that Sen. Robert Menendez will continue to serve as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For the Congress in particular, it is equally important that all the expatriate MPs have managed to retain their seats and come through this election unscathed. Although the Greek caucus lost two philhellen MPs, Carolyn Maloney and Ted Deutsch, it added the newbie son of Senator Menendez, who managed to get elected with typical ease in New Jersey. In the case of Chris Pappas, it’s a blessing in disguise that a derailment has been avoided as he is expected to run for a state senator seat in the next election.

End, the presence of expatriates at the state level is considered particularly satisfactorywith the return of Alexis Giannoulias to Illinois standing out, as he is considered a promising politician who, being only 46 years old, cannot be ruled out in the coming years on a steadily upward path to the central American political scene.