We’re less than a week out from election day, and more than 20 million people have already cast their votes—a record number of early voters for a midterm election. But it isn’t so surprising when you consider the stakes: inflation at a 40-year high, economists saying we’re heading towards a recession, and the largest crime surge across America in decades, just to name a few small issues voters may be thinking about.
Midterms are typically hard for the party in power, but President Biden’s approval numbers are among the worst for a first-term president. Given this, many are predicting a red wave. And yet, Republicans have problems of their own: candidates who spent their primaries trying to out-MAGA each other and continue to pedal election denial conspiracies; others who seem entirely unfit to serve. Then, of course, there’s the overturning of Roe v. Wade. With the Supreme Court having upended a half-century of abortion rights, many young voters, especially women, appear motivated this election cycle to vote against the GOP.
So what’s going to happen Tuesday? Will Democrats keep control of the Senate? The House? What races should we be watching? Could Oregon go red for the first time in decades? Today, as voters head to the ballot box, a roundtable with Mary Katharine Ham, Josh Kraushaar, and Batya Ungar-Sargon:
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Who do I hate more? Let me tell me for the 4 years Trump was President the Democrats accused him of everything and I didn't see any of it. BUT, I HAVE seen EVERYTHING they accused Trump of Biden and the Democrats have done the past 2 years - EVERYTHING. Down to a T. It's amazing with such detail how they've carried it out and had the gall. I am now witnessing Musk Derangement Syndrome becoming a reality. It's incredible to watch.
I don't have kids but if I had kids I'd be FURIOUS at what the Democrats have done to children with regard to Covid during the past few years- physically, socially, and mentally. Maybe there are some Democrats who are worth voting for, but right now I can't see it.
Bari,
"....candidates who spent their primaries trying to out-MAGA each other"
Make America Great Again is what MAGA stands for. What do you have against we the people pulling ourselves up by the by bootstraps and out of this cesspool of untruthfullness, censorship, inflation, crime and intolerance?!?! You've used "MAGA" in a pejorative way which is insulting to the millions and millions of people who think of "MAGA" the way I have described it. Why?