Biden’s speech. From his Twitter account
The mid-term elections in the United States: tomorrow tens of millions of Americans will go to the polls, when tonight (Monday) the leaders of the two major parties in the US held their last election rallies. President Joe Biden held a rally in Maryland, where pollsters estimate that the Democrats have a chance to win back the governor’s office , after the last time the Republican Party won there.
According to an AP report, Biden, the leader of the Democratic Party, followed a different strategy this time than previous times. Instead of going to countries where the competition is extremely close, when each side has a high chance of winning – he placed his election rallies in the strongholds of his party. Biden effectively gave up the swing states, which could ultimately decide control of Congress.
Of course, tomorrow’s results will have a strong impact on Biden’s last two years left in the presidency, and will also shape his policies on everything from government spending and new reforms to military support for Ukraine. This is actually the first election to be held in the US after the events of the Capitol break-in, so the messages of both parties have focused on “fundamental questions about the political values of the American nation” in recent days.
Biden’s predecessor in office, Donald Trump, held his last rally of the current campaign today in Ohio. This state has special meaning for the former president since he intends to run for the White House once more, and Ohio is one of the first places where he was able to gain sympathy among Republican voters when he announced his candidacy for the party leadership. The state’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, received overwhelming support from Trump.
Back to Biden’s strategy. This is taking a big risk, since control of the Senate can fall and be decided on the basis of a handful of small states. Besides Ohio, these include Pennsylvania, where Democratic Lt. Gov. John Peterman is in a tight race against Republican incumbent Mehmet Oz, according to polls. “This is one of the most important races in America,” Peterman told a crowd of about 100 people today outside a union hall near a steel mill in Coatesville, about 40 miles west of Philadelphia. “Oz spent over 27 million dollars of his own money, but this seat is not for sale,” Peterman added.
Peterman, who himself lives across the street from a steel mill, was introduced by Bernie Hall, the top official of the Pennsylvania Steelworkers Union. Hall acknowledged that some steelworkers vote Republican, despite the union’s regular endorsements of Democrats at the top of the ticket. “But they’ll come home for Peterman because he treats blue-collar workers really well,” Hall said.
Elon Musk, whose purchase of the social network Twitter stirred up the world of social media, tweeted today on his account that “I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the presidency is democratic.” However there are already more than 41 million Americans who have voted. Musk is considered a supporter of the views expressed by Trump when he left the White House, that the Republicans really won and the Democrats ‘stole’ the election.