The unusual midterm elections: results and trends

Every U.S. election, whether it's a mid-term presidential election or a four-year race for the highest office in the country, is destined to be "special." It cannot be otherwise, due to objective circumstances. There are no "non-special" choices. This is objective, because every time a new reality is created in the country, both in terms of a specific electorate, and in the nature of the current socio-economic circumstances, and in the context of a changing socio-political climate. The wisdom of the ancients has become a truism: you cannot enter the same river twice, which implies that the river of life is not a frozen swamp, unthinkably overgrown with aggressive algae and resting under its weight. What and why is typical for the interim 2022? Is it a coincidence that they are referred to as "extremely unusual"? How does the American political system operate and cope with the organization of life in the state and in society? As a result of the elections, there is a generational change of the ruling elite in the US Congress of the 118th convocation against the backdrop of the promised “red wave” that did not take place. In the meantime, the next presidential election in 2024 is already coming up.

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