Midterms 2022: “A monumental underperformance by the Republicans that the polls did not see” Anthony Lacoudre

The Republican wave announced for the midterm elections in the United States was not there. “A monumental underperformance by the Republicans that the polls did not see”, contrasted by the crushing victory of Ron DeSantis in Florida, analyzes in this “Debriefing” Anthony Lacoudre, tax lawyer based in New York and FranceSoir correspondent in the United States. If the Republicans are on the way to regaining the majority in the House of Representatives, the Democrats are resisting better than they expected. The upper house of Congress, the Senate, is still contested and the majority should be won by a short head. What will be the consequences of this election? The United States will enter a period of « divided government ». Also, “the laws that will pass will be the subject of a very strong compromise, otherwise there will be nothing”explains our correspondent, who specifies: “In the United States, because laws must be passed on the same terms by both houses, simply because the Republicans won in the House of Representatives, Biden’s legislative agenda is blocked”.