Republicans are on the cusp of winning a majority in the House of Representatives, but Democrats held up better than expected, and control of the Senate remains in dispute. The first results of the midterm elections in the United States gave mixed results on Tuesday night (8). The expected Republican wave did not materialize and the Democratic defeat seems to have been partially contained. Counting that continues, and can last several days in some states, can still skew the results in favor of one side or the other. Meanwhile, the main trends draw the political map of a country divided between two camps.
The interim results overturned predictions about the midterms. The first was a lower Democrat mobilization in relation to the Republicans. The second was a massive flight of so-called “undecided” or “independent” voters to the Republican Party. The third was that of an absolute mastery of the topic of inflation and an exhaustion of commitment to abortion.Young votes for Democratic candidates give Republicans narrow victory
