Elections in the United States: Threatened by a Republican rebound, Biden tries to mobilize his troops

Threatened by a Republican rebound in the legislative elections this Tuesday, which could put Donald Trump in orbit by 2024, Joe Biden made an effort this Sunday to mobilize his troops around the defense of democracy.

“If everyone goes to vote, democracy is saved, it’s not a joke,” the Democratic president launched before an audience mostly committed to his cause, at Sarah Lawrence University, in upstate New York. In other words, on historically democratic land.

Trump in ambush

“Now is the time for your generation to defend it, preserve it, choose it,” he insisted, after recalling the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The latter had also chosen Sunday to speak in a pro-Republican state, Florida (south).

In Miami, the former president continued to fuel the expectation around an imminent declaration of presidential candidacy in 2024.

“I’ll probably have to do it again,” he said, the red cap screwed on his head. Then his fans started chanting “Four more years! Four more years!” referring to the length of the presidential term in the United States, and urged them to “stay connected” for his last campaign rally, on Monday in Ohio, a Midwestern state.

The destinations chosen by Joe Biden as Donald Trump show that two days before the midterms, it is no longer about convincing the undecided.

An inaudible Democratic party

In a country where partisan divisions run deeper than ever, each camp must convince as many supporters as possible to go to the polls, where a series of simultaneous elections await them, both for Congress in Washington and for office. local.

But Joe Biden can pass himself off as a defender of the middle class, against the Republicans whom he paints as the party of the rich, it is inaudible in a context of very high inflation.

The Democratic Party is also trying to campaign for abortion rights and democracy, where Republicans have focused on two more prolific issues: high prices and insecurity.

A Republican Senate boss, Rick Scott, predicted “a warning shot for President Biden” on Tuesday night. Confident, Republicans will “accept” all poll results, win or lose, party chair Ronna McDaniel promised on CNN.