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How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by joelbooks: 8:26pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have pulled off a midterm election for the record books. Democrats have retained the Senate – doing no worse than holding steady at 50 seats and potentially gaining one – and look likely to keep any net losses in the House in the single digits. Midterms are supposed to be the time for the opposition party to shine. That should especially be the case when there is once-in-a-generation inflation and when the vast majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. Instead, Biden and the Democrats are in a position to have one of the four best midterms for the party controlling the White House in the last century. So just what happened? It’s pretty clear that general election voters punished Republican candidates they saw as too extreme – on issues such as abortion and/or for being too closely tied to former President Donald Trump. Still, the election results were extremely unusual. I went back through the record books. Since 1922, there have been three previous instances of the president’s party gaining (or losing no) Senate seats and losing fewer than 10 House seats in the president’s first midterm. All of them – 1934, 1962 and 2002 – are thought to be monumental achievements for the president’s party and major exceptions to rule, which suggests the party controlling the White House usually loses seats in a midterm. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/13/politics/democrats-biden-midterm-elections-senate-house/index.html
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Re: How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by cactus1549: 8:28pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
Rigged election 3 Likes |
Re: How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by naijapips04: 8:42pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
They didn't defy anything. Election was rigged. They machines were stuffed with fake mailed ballots. 2 Likes |
Re: How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by ganisucks(f): 8:48pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
naijapips04: This is Nairaland not Americaland. 1 Like |
Re: How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by naijapips04: 8:50pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
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Re: How Joe Biden And The Democratic Party Defied Midterm History by ganisucks(f): 9:09pm On Nov 13, 2022 |
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