It is not an understatement to say that we have all experienced unprecedented change in the last two years. Think of it: waves of hope and grief as the U.S. struggled to get the COVID pandemic under control, historic levels of inflation, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and with that, the federal right to abortion, and the results of a presidential election questioned, contested, and violently fought against, to name just a few changes.
The midterm elections, the two-year mark into a president’s tenure in office, is a time where the voting public can react to these events and the party in power. Even so, very few Americans who are eligible to vote end up casting a ballot. What does that do to the politics of these races and their potential outcomes?
Ipsos forecasts narrow Republican gains in the midterms. Republicans are likely to win the House of Representatives by a small number of seats, while the Senate and the most competitive gubernatorial elections could go either way. CONTINUED
Clifford Young, Chris Jackson, et al, Ipsos
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