On Tuesday, the first regional elections under the President of Democrat Joe Biden were held in the United States. For his associates, the results of the voting were an unpleasant surprise. In the traditionally democratic New Jersey, the Republicans strengthened their positions. And in Virginia, where to win for the Democrats was a matter of honor, the Republican Glenn Yangkin snatched the victory from the Democrat-veteran of Terry Macoliff. “Kommersant” in his article writes that all this indicates a weakening of the support of democrats at the national level.
According to American experts, the Demoles have every chance of losing control over the US Congress in the elections in 2022.
In Virginia, New Jersey and New York, the Democratic Party traditionally occupies a very strong position. And most experts expected that after all, despite the fall of the ratings of President Bayden, Democrats will be able to keep the championship there. Forecasts were justified only in the traditionally democratic New York, where Democrat Eric Adams confidently defeated the post of mayor of the city. Elections in New Jersey Steel for Democrats unexpectedly complex. In this state, experts propheted the Governor-Democrat Phil Murphy a comfortable victory over the Republican Jack Chatarelly. But at the time of counting 88% of the votes, the difference between politicians was 0.1% in favor of Cartarelli.
For Democrats, to win in Virginia was a matter of honor for a number of reasons. First, it was the first elections during the presidency of Joe Bayden. And in this state in the presidential race, Biden outlined his competitor to the ex-president of Donald Trump almost ten percentage points (54% against 44.6%). Thus, voting in Virginia can be judged on the change of the mood of Americans on the eve of the intermediate elections in the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives in 2022. This victory was especially important in the context of the fall of the ratings of the President of the US President Byyden, who so needs victories within the country.
Anton Konev notes that the electorate is often in Virginia, which is nothing more than the suburb of the capital of Washington, changes its preferences, and elections here are a kind of lactium paper in the context of the whole country. This point of view supports the Columnist Fox News and the head of the Political Consulting Firm of President Of Cavalry LLC Josh Holmes. He reminds that it is the loss of Republicans in Virginia in 2005 actually canceled a confident victory in George W. Bush in the presidential election a year earlier.
The results of the elections in Virginia, according to Konev’s observation, may lead to the fact that in the interim elections in 2022, control over the American Congress can again go to the Republican Party. Nevertheless, Democrats, considers the interlocutor of “Kommersant”, there is a time to work on errors.