Threatened by the Republican wave in the midterm elections, Biden tries to mobilize voters

“Se todos vocês forem votar, a democracia estará apoiada, não é uma brincadeira”, disse o presidente democrata para um público majoritariamente compromehad with his cause, at Sarah Lawrence University, in northern New York, a traditionally Democratic state.

“Now is the time for your generation to defend it, preserve it, choose it”, he insisted, after recalling the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of the Republican Trump.

What are 'midterms'

Midterm elections in the United States, in which the entire House and a third of the Senate are up for election, as well as a number of statewide offices, are often seen as a referendum on the incumbent president. The party in power tends to lose seats in Congress, especially if, as with Biden, the president's approval rating is below 50%. Nearly 40 million Americans have already voted early, according to NBC News.

Trump 2024?

Former President Donald Trump also spoke on Sunday in a Republican-friendly state, Florida. In Miami, he continued to fuel expectations of an imminent declaration of his presidential candidacy in 2024.

“I’ll probably have to do it again”, joked the Republican in his speech, when referring to a possible new term. Supporters began chanting “four more years”, which is the length of the presidential term in the United States. Trump urged everyone to remain “on the lookout” for his final rally this Monday in Ohio.

The destinations chosen by Biden and Trump demonstrate that in the final stretch of the “midterms” on November 8th they are no longer trying to convince the undecided. In a country with partisan divisions deeper than ever, parties are trying to convince as many supporters as possible to show up at the polls.

Dynamics

In the dispute for mobilization, the dynamics have been, in recent days, on the republican side. Biden may present himself as a defender of the middle class, against the Republicans, who he cites as the party of the rich, but in a context of accelerated inflation this rhetoric does not generate support.

The Democratic Party tries to campaign in defense of abortion rights and democracy, but Republicans have focused on two specific issues: high prices and insecurity.

Respect the results

Confident of triumph, Republican candidates will accept all poll results, victory or defeat, promein an interview with the party president, Ronna McDaniel, on CNN.

For two years, Democrats have had a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and just a one-vote advantage in the Senate, that of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Polls indicate a quiet victory for the Republicans in the House of Representatives and chances of regaining their majority in the Senate.

When withpromehaving to “respect” the results, the president of the Republican Party contradicted many statements from candidates close to Trump, who never admitted defeat in the November 2020 presidential elections

De acordo com analistas e o campo democrata, quase 300 candidatos republicanos estariam dispostos a contestar os resultados das eleições de terça-feira.

(With AFP)