The long-awaited “the most important selection-election during life” has come to an end. Democrats have a narrow majority in the American chamber of representatives, and the Republicans slightly increased their majority in the US Senate.
What did we learn?
1. The mid -term receive attendance.
Fold this under “old rules do not apply.” Throughout the country, survey observers announced that early voting was beaten records. According to CBS News, about 113 million people – 49 percent of qualifying voters – voted in the mid -term elections in 2018. This broke the attendance records dating back to 1966 (and earlier until 1914). This is an amazing statistics and is opposing conventional wisdom in which people only care for presidential elections. Not anymore.
2. Political alliances are changing.
(See also: “Old rules do not apply”). #NEVERTRUMP Republicans. #Walkaway Democrats. Black Americans and #blexit. Latinos who want to enforce borders. The nation is changing and loyalty changes to issues and results from a pure identity policy. It is not clear if our national press understands this. Bellay politicians ignore this in their danger.
3. GOP may thank Brett Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham for the US Senate.
Democrats of the Senate Wayyyy They excessively played a hand with a campaign of slander against the nominee to the Supreme Court (currently associated justice) Brett Kavanaugh. Abuse of the procedures for confirming the Senate, glaring holes in Christine Ford’s testimonies; lustful, unfounded (and now even returned) allegations; And the outrageous behavior of the protesters shocked the country. As it turns out, Americans still believe in the US constitution, the rule of law and the presumption of innocence. There is no doubt that Kavanaugh’s interrogations enlivened voters. And the justified indignation of Lindsey Graham (helped the rational but passionate speech of the centric Senator Maine Susan Collins) sealed the contract.
4. Trump has long hotel.
Love or hate him (and it seems not much), it cannot be denied that President Trump has more endurance than any president in contemporary memory. There were also many presidents who in this area in this area in intracerexiated races. From March to the early part of last week, Trump organized almost 50 rallies of the campaign – and days before the election many rallies in many states on the same day. (It is also worth noting that Trump seemed to focus his efforts at the Rally on the United States with a critical Senate and the Governorial of Races, not domestic races.) He played a key role in the victories of GOP in Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri and Northern Dakota. (In this letter, the Arizona Senate Race and the Governor of the Governor of Georgia bend into GOP, but still indefinite.) He took the candidate for the US Senate in Michigan, John James, to the National Center for attention. It is a force that should be reckoned with.
5. Loss of the house can be placed at the feet of uninterrupted Republicans.
This was said earlier, but repeated bears: when the voters gave the Republicans control over the chamber in 2010 (which the then president Obama described as a “skeleton”), they complained that they needed the Senate. When in 2014 they chose control over the GOP Senate, they complained that they needed a White House. When Trump became president in 2016, a significant number of Republicans rushed and said: “This is not a republican we wanted.” Each time, instead of doing work, voters sent them to congress, Republicans justified their inertia and capituted to consistently hostile media. In a critical election year, in the middle of almost 30 Republicans from home, it announced a retirement, leaving many places for danger. It was partly swallowing the propaganda of the “blue wave”, which was distributed by the press, and part of the anger of anger #nevertrumper: It is better to lose a job (and home) than the need to work with Trump. Good job, guys.
And when we are on this topic …
6. No, this is not the “Trump Republican Party”.
But what Trump did is show the Republicans how to stop being so good in losing – and start fighting and start fighting victorious. Those who think that life was better when Gop Curni was the favor of the press and swept after the issue after the resignation or gave way or lost. But it’s their fault, not Trump. The voters signaled years, years Before Trump appeared on the stage that they wanted a solid GOP, who would fight for conservative causes. Old Guard Republicans would not do that. Trump will be. Just say.
7. Trump will not be punished until 2018. And it should not be.
It’s still an economy, stupid. Americans can see past bluts and nonsense, and the results are more vital than nice words. The press fainted for eight years due to the gliding rhetoric of Obama (which evaporated outside of TelepromPter). But when it comes to the results, Obama’s policy – Obamacare is a great example – rather harmful than people. Forced to choose, millions of Americans prefer someone who may polished less provides.
8. Americans have a lot to be proud.
The American government system works – after 242 years. People exercised their right to vote in record numbers. People applying for the office were very diverse and included more women, as well as Muslims, gays, black, Latin and Asian candidates. The desire and ability to significantly participate in the management process is a worthy attribute of American public opinion.
But …
9. The cultural division does not leave.
Heated political debates, a passionate electorate and a divided congress are symptoms of basic differences regarding the future direction of the country. In fact, these debates cannot be resolved in Congress – or in the government at all – which, as the proverb says, below culture. From us as Americans, not our selected representatives, you should find ways to solve these differences.
