In several states: American Democrats achieve several election victories

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While the 80-year-old Biden is struggling with low popularity ratings among various groups of voters, according to surveys, observers see the outcome of the elections on Tuesday evening (local time) as a possible indicator for the upcoming presidential elections next year. .

In conservative Kentucky, Democratic Governor Andy Beshear was re-elected. In the Virginia legislature, Democrats won majorities in both chambers, making it harder for Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin to govern.

Daniel McCaffery, a fifth-ranking Democrat, will sit alongside two Republicans on the bench of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court — the state is one of the few in which judges are directly elected. And in Republican-governed Ohio, the right to abortion is enshrined in the state constitution after a referendum.

In particular, the battle over access to abortion has become an important issue in the election campaign for Democrats: after the US Supreme Court in June last year overturned the right to abortion, which was previously constitutionally protected throughout the country, the issue is now great importance. at the state level. Although abortion rights were not explicitly discussed as in Ohio, they also played a central role in Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

President Biden is running for a second term among the Democrats – without serious competition. Among Republicans, former President Donald Trump is currently far ahead in the polls among his party’s candidates. This could lead to another race between the two. Opinion polls suggest this could be close.

(SDA)

Source: Blick