Even Americans, who are generally extremely optimistic, know not to praise the day before the evening. What the majority situation in the US parliament will look like in the next two years is not yet certain. And yet the cheers of the majority of Democratic supporters at the Tune Inn, a hip Washington pub not far from the Capitol, could not be heard in the early morning hours after polling day of the midterm elections.
The “giant red wave” that Donald Trump (76) and his supporters had repeatedly predicted in recent days has not materialized. Joe Biden (79) and his Democrats will most likely be able to maintain their majority in the Senate (the American Council of States). And even in the United States House of Representatives (the US National Council), Republicans are likely to get away with only a razor-thin majority.
Trump becomes a serial loser
In one sentence: Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden again!
Three lessons can already be learned from the US midterm elections:
First, behind the Trump mania that is reflected on all the “Trump” flags in America’s backyards and on all the “Do you miss me?” Trump T-shirts at the ex-president’s rallies, there is a loud but rather small fan community. The clear majority of Americans quietly protested at the polls against the ‘loud’ noise.
The fact that Trump is now outraged and his supporters are joining the diatribes will fuel another wave of media coverage. But in the end, the clear defeats of Trump-backed candidates (such as Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (62) in the important swing state of Pennsylvania) show that even Republicans are slowly getting tired of the chatter of the once most powerful man in the country.
Republicans have a new superstar
Second, right America has a new superstar: Ron DeSantis (44), governor of Florida, the important swing state. DeSantis won the race for Florida’s top executive office by nearly 20 percentage points more than his Democratic challenger — thanks in no small part to overwhelming approval from Latino voters.
The lawyer, who has degrees from the elite Universities of Harvard and Yale, has helped Florida navigate the pandemic surprisingly well with a bold policy of opening up and most recently worked closely with US President Joe Biden after a hurricane hit large areas of land. destroyed his home state. . The Iraq veteran and former adviser to the elite Navy SEALs is considered a “brained Trump”. He is persuasive and is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2024 presidential campaign soon. Democrats need to be warm.
Hard fought Georgia
Third, fans of the US election campaign won’t have to wait until 2024 for the political supershow to start again. The hard-fought Senate race in the southern state of Georgia is likely to enter the second round. After tallying more than 95 percent of the vote, neither Trump man and ex-football star Herschel Walker (60) nor Democratic priest Raphael Warnock (53) broke the 50 percent.
That is why the second round of voting will take place on 6 December. For Georgia, the race between the two deeply religious fighters who recently abused each other in public will be a somewhat more forgiving start to Advent.