While the president said the Democrats had “strong night” also he acknowledged the economic pain voters were feeling and vowed do what he could to tackle inflation.
Joe Biden has characterised the US midterm elections as a victory for democracy and has vowed to work with Republicans.Voters showed concern for the worsening economy and Republican moves to ban abortion.The future success of President Joe Biden’s next two years hang in the balance.
“But I’m a great respecter of fate and this is ultimately a family decision. I think everybody wants me to run but we’re going to have discussions about it and I don’t feel any hurry one way or another to make that judgment.” As it stands, Republicans remain on track to win back the House, while control of the Senate hinges on three key states: Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. However, the Democrats were able to snatch the Republican seat of Pennsylvania, when former mayor John Fetterman beat Trump-backed celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz.“While the press and the pundits were predicting a giant red wave, it didn’t happen,” Biden said.
However, the president said the result had shown that voters cared about the issues the Democrats had campaigned on, and its broader plan to tackle cost of living pressures, such as to lower the price of prescription drugs.What’s more, while a number of election deniers who backed Trump’s claims were elected to office on Tuesday, many of those who sought positions to oversee elections at the state and federal level were defeated.
In addition to winning Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Democratic governors also fended off strong Republican challenges in Michigan and Wisconsin, two states likely to remain political battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential race.
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