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Podcast America’s Choice: The Midterms 2022: Positions and Perspectives

    • September 22, 2022
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    • September 22, 2022

On November 8 of this year, Americans will be called upon to elect the entire House of Representatives and about one-third of the Senate. In addition, gubernatorial elections will take place in some U.S. States as part of the 2022 midterm elections. At the forefront of public interest is the composition of Congress. Currently, President Biden’s Democratic Party holds razor-thin majorities in both legislative chambers and thus has much to lose. The Republicans, on the other hand, who continue to be heavily influenced by former President Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement, are in attack mode. Their goal is a “split government,” that is, to win back both the House of Representatives and the Senate. It would be unreliable to make predictions about the outcome of the elections, as demonstrated by the primaries that have been held so far. And there are a number of hotly contested seats in Congress again this year that will help decide the course of at least the next two years in the United States.
What can be inferred from the primaries about the outcome of the midterm elections? How will election law reforms and redistricting in individual states affect the elections? Which electoral races for the Senate and House of Representatives are political observers paying particular attention to? How formative will the outcome of the midterm elections be for President Biden’s agenda and the 2024 presidential campaign? Podcast hosts Julia Friedlander, Atlantik-Brücke, and Stormy-Annika Mildner, Aspen Institute Germany, discuss these questions with Cecilie Rohwedder, Contributor to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Dr. Johannes Thimm, Deputy Director of the Americas Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.

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