It was written by media like Washington Post, NBC and Fox News.

– There may be a greater chance for us to take over a majority in the House of Representatives than in the Senate, said veteran McConnell, who is the Republican minority leader in the Senate.

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America’s political polarized landscape

– We currently have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 state, he said according to Fox News, and was referring to the polarization among voters in the United States.

– In the Senate, it will be a very tight election race, added McConnell.

Democrats have the smallest majority of the 50 senators in the 100-seat Senate. Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat) has the deciding vote when the distribution is 50-50. In the House, Democrats currently have a 220-seat lead against 211 Republicans, according to the website ballot.

Mitch McConnell, who represents Kentucky in the Senate, suggested that the Republican candidate for the Senate could do better.

– The quality of Senate nominees has a lot to say about the outcome of such an election, McConnell said, according to the Washington Post.

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Facts about by-election

On November 8 this year, there were midterm elections for Congress in the US, in the middle of President Joe Biden’s first presidential term. All 435 seats in the House and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate are up for election. Midterm elections receive less media attention than presidential elections. Turnout is lower, less money is spent on marketing and the president’s party usually loses seats in both chambers. Election results are also often referred to as blue or red waves of varying strength.

The determining factor is also repeated. The president’s support in opinion polls, voter enthusiasm, and the independent voter movement are all repeated in the midterm elections summary of the past few decades. The president’s own statement is also included. George W. Bush and Barack Obama both used words that could be translated as “devastating” about their loss in the midterm elections in 2006 and 2010, respectively.

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