U.S. citizens will vote in the midterm presidential election in November. All 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators will stand for election, along with thousands of officials from 50 states, from governors to members of local education committees. Two dominant wings of the Republican Party Trump and his loyalists face the veteran and institutional conservatives, behind whom stand the great donors.
The candidate he supported in Ohio, JD Vance, defeated his opponents tonight (Tuesday) after only a few weeks ago, before Trump announced his support for him, he was still shuffling in the polls. The vote in Ohio was seen as an important test of strength for Trump, who since his 2016 election victory has enjoyed immense popularity among Republican voters, and many wanted to see if he managed to maintain his electoral influence even after leaving the White House.
Trump shook up the Republican race in Ohio last month when he announced his support for Vance – a sworn writer and capitalist – ahead of the Nov. 8 congressional election. Throughout most of the campaign Vance was rated low in the polls, but the support he received from Trump almost at the last minute suddenly propelled him to the top of the table, pushing away former Ohio state treasurer Josh Mendel.
Trump has given Vance his support even though Vance was previously known as his critic and even declared himself to belong to the “Never Trump” camp. In recent days, Vance and Trump have downplayed the importance of this criticism, and Vance himself has even stated that he was wrong in his remarks.
Early in the morning, US television networks announced that Vance had won about 31 percent of the vote and defeated Mandel, who had achieved only about 24 percent.
Ryan himself is seen as courting Trump supporters, including through a campaign aimed at the middle and lower classes, which includes harsh statements against China. Reviewers and commentators estimate that for now Vance’s chances of winning are greater.
According to the BallotPedia website, Trump has given his support to 140 candidates in primaries across the US. Most of the emphasis is on key positions in “swing states”, which voted for Trump in 2016 and then voted for Joe Biden in 2020. Trump has put his support in all Candidates on probation will echo his baseless claim to widespread counterfeiting in the last election, so the question that preoccupies Republicans during this period is how much Trump has maintained his grip on the base voting in the primaries.