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[00:01:23] The midterm elections in the United States start with Donald
[00:01:27] Trump at his historic low, barely
[00:01:30] 33% national approval and 58% of
[00:01:34] voters demanding a Democratic Congress to
[00:01:37] counterbalance his
[00:01:39] with that we have made our point. administration, although the president is not on the
[00:01:42] ballot, the race for the House of
[00:01:44] Representatives gives the opposition a
[00:01:48] 52% advantage against 44% among
[00:01:51] likely voters, the cost of living crisis defines
[00:01:55] the discontent, inflation rose to 3.7%, energy
[00:01:59] soared more than 20% and gasoline averages
[00:02:02] $4.41 per gallon due to the impact of the conflict with
[00:02:05] Iran and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Faced with
[00:02:09] citizen discontent, Trump has counterattacked,
[00:02:12] calling the cost of living debate a
[00:02:16] Democratic scam that means nothing, he says.
[00:02:20] Well, at the same time, the president claims that fuel
[00:02:24] prices
[00:02:26] reflect an eight-point will fall as soon as the war confrontation ends after the elections, and
[00:02:30] openly accuses Tehran of causing
[00:02:33] turbulence in crude oil to benefit
[00:02:37] the Democratic opposition in the American
[00:02:39] polls. Well, with early voting polls
[00:02:43] already open across the country, millions of Americans
[00:02:46] are voting in key cities such as Atlanta,
[00:02:49] Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Denver,
[00:02:53] Little Rock, Wilmington and Dover. And the long lines
[00:02:56] reflect an electorate determined to punish immediately. the
[00:03:00] ballots, the blow to their family
[00:03:02] finances, it is a crossroads in the Capitol,
[00:03:06] the protest vote and the economic crisis corner Donald
[00:03:09] Trump, and with that, let's put the point of law.
[00:03:37] Early voting in the United States began with the opening of
[00:03:40] hundreds of polling stations in Texas and most of the counties
[00:03:44] of Florida, metropolitan centers such as Houston,
[00:03:48] Dallas, Austin and San Antonio in Texas, along
[00:03:52] with Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale in
[00:03:56] Florida, registered a massive turnout on their first
[00:03:59] day. Adding to already operating centers in
[00:04:02] cities like Atlanta in Georgia, Phoenix in
[00:04:05] Arizona, Detroit in Michigan and Charlotte in North Carolina.
[00:04:47] when your own party subjects you to an impeachment process, it's a red flag. I've been a Republican all my life, okay, I defend
[00:04:51] states' rights, I share the general lines of the
[00:04:54] Republican program, but this shift towards the far right I can't
[00:04:58] follow.
[00:05:01] The Hispanic electorate defines the race in both states,
[00:05:04] due to its demographic magnitude, in Florida it represents
[00:05:08] 28.7% of the total population, while in
[00:05:11] Texas. It exceeds 40.2%,
[00:05:14] consolidated as the majority demographic group, compared to
[00:05:18] 39.8% of non-Hispanic whites, in
[00:05:21] Texas, where Democrats have not won a seat in the Federal
[00:05:25] Senate since 1988, the
[00:05:27] dispute between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Attorney
[00:05:31] General Ken Paxton turned the state into a high-priority
[00:05:35] battleground, given the Democratic advance in metropolitan
[00:05:38] areas and suburban counties, the Republican
[00:05:41] Party. allocated unforeseen sums of millions of dollars
[00:05:45] to advertising and grassroots mobilization to
[00:05:48] avoid a defeat in a historical
[00:05:50] stronghold.
[00:05:53] Both parties have made the decision
[00:05:57] to make a structural
[00:06:00] investment to mobilize the Latino-Hispanic
[00:06:03] vote in their favor. It is
[00:06:06] true that the Republicans
[00:06:10] have political control
[00:06:13] of both Texas and Florida, and
[00:06:17] therefore have all the capacity of the State to
[00:06:20] guarantee that mobilization and
[00:06:23] even impact the needs
[00:06:26] of that electorate at the
[00:06:29] time of when elections arrive
[00:06:32] and the vote has to be cast,
[00:06:36] the simultaneous voting in high-density cities such as El
[00:06:40] Paso, Fort Worth, Jacksonville. and
[00:06:42] Minneapolis activates the early capture of ballots in districts
[00:06:46] with victory margins of less than three percentage points, this
[00:06:50] early phase measures the direct impact of the Hispanic and
[00:06:53] independent vote in the polls before election day,
[00:06:57] a determining factor in defining the majority in the Senate and the House of
[00:07:01] Representatives. On the other
[00:07:05] hand, the Democratic Party
[00:07:09] has substantially improved its electoral offer,
[00:07:13] because the presence of Sanders, the presence of
[00:07:17] Osorio Cortés, the presence of
[00:07:20] all the political leaders of Latino
[00:07:24] origin in the Democratic party means that the Democratic
[00:07:27] party has the ability to impact
[00:07:31] positively and
[00:07:34] motivating the possibility that this
[00:07:37] Latino electorate seriously considers voting
[00:07:40] for Democrats. The United States enters a decisive
[00:07:44] legislative crossroads with the midterm elections, notice
[00:07:48] that in this race 435
[00:07:51] seats in the House of Representatives and one
[00:07:54] third of the Senate are contested under national
[00:07:57] polls that mark 52% Democratic support against
[00:08:01] 44% Republican. The
[00:08:04] weight of the precedents is implacable. In nine out of every
[00:08:07] 10 midterm elections, the ruling
[00:08:10] party in the White House loses.
[00:08:15] The American electorate goes to the polls in elections
[00:08:18] that function as a direct plebiscite on presidential
[00:08:21] management, the vote threatens to snatch the parliamentary
[00:08:25] majority from the ruling party, halt
[00:08:27] key reforms and leave the executive facing a divided
[00:08:31] Congress under opposition control.
[00:08:34] Midterm elections are important because they usually mark the
[00:08:37] decline of presidential power halfway through the term, that
[00:08:41] is, in the United States. Naturally, the most
[00:08:44] far-reaching, in-depth measures are the laws that Congress has to approve, if the
[00:08:48] president lacks a majority, if his party
[00:08:51] loses the majority in Congress, he is unable to approve
[00:08:55] major reforms and has to basically govern by decree or
[00:08:58] negotiate laws ad infinitum until the opposition
[00:09:02] approves them, so the president usually becomes what they
[00:09:06] call a lame duck in presidential jargon, that is,
[00:09:09] not a useless president but with a diminishing
[00:09:13] power. The United States celebrates the intermediary legislative elections,
[00:09:17] a direct examination of presidential management, the vote
[00:09:20] will define the control of Congress, a Republican
[00:09:23] defeat would snatch the official majority and block
[00:09:26] the reforms of the White House, they are held
[00:09:29] halfway through President Donald Trump's 4-year term. The
[00:09:33] constitutional date is set for next November 3. The
[00:09:37] vote takes place in all 50 states of the union, but the
[00:09:40] central impact falls on Washington.
[00:09:51] the House of Representatives
[00:09:54] passes into Democratic hands is important because the House
[00:09:58] controls federal funds, that is, it is the one who
[00:10:01] provides money for any type of policy initiative,
[00:10:05] it is also important that it has the capacity to
[00:10:09] create all kinds of investigation committees and that is what the
[00:10:12] Democrats are fighting for, that is one of the great objectives, that is, to open
[00:10:16] investigation committees, well,
[00:10:18] for the enrichment of Chuam's circle,
[00:10:22] for the issue of the
[00:10:25] use of military abuse, it is a way to stir
[00:10:28] up and bring to light a lot of
[00:10:32] important information for the electorate, especially for the 2028
[00:10:35] elections. The dispute pits the Republican
[00:10:38] and Democratic parties, led by the aspirants to the
[00:10:42] House and the senators who defend or seek to snatch
[00:10:46] key seats. In the Upper House, the margin is so
[00:10:49] narrow that a possible tie would leave the balance in the hands of the decisive
[00:10:53] vote of the vice presidency. The 435
[00:10:56] representatives of the House and 35
[00:10:59] senators are at stake, in case of a tie in the
[00:11:02] Upper House, the deciding vote would fall to the
[00:11:06] American Vice President JD
[00:11:08] Vance. It is not so easy
[00:11:12] to affirm that the Democratic Party will have
[00:11:16] this, it will achieve a
[00:11:19] resounding election and decisively
[00:11:22] defeat the Republicans. Therefore,
[00:11:25] when viewed from the point of view of needs,
[00:11:28] and we know that today within the United States
[00:11:32] the needs of daily life weigh more
[00:11:36] than ideological
[00:11:39] is that on the other hand, the
[00:11:42] defeat of the Democratic party in the various
[00:11:45] war scenarios, the globalist Democrats in the various
[00:11:49] war scenarios such as Ukraine and Iran
[00:11:53] have structurally weakened
[00:11:55] the power of the Democratic Party in the United States, something
[00:11:59] from which the Republican Party will
[00:12:02] try to make a strategic advantage, that
[00:12:06] is, to position that international situation as a
[00:12:09] strategic advantage for the
[00:12:12] hardline Republicans, that is, and the Republican party
[00:12:15] knows that this is the moment where it must
[00:12:18] guarantee to win no matter what in these
[00:12:22] midterm elections in the state.
[00:12:26] The electoral clock in the United States is already
[00:12:29] running and the battle does not wait for the central day of the
[00:12:32] elections. More than 40 states and hundreds of cities
[00:12:36] across the country already have their early voting centers
[00:12:39] and mail-in ballot drop boxes open. All this
[00:12:42] is working with millions of votes that are beginning to be
[00:12:46] processed beforehand and also polls that
[00:12:51] lead for the opposition. The margin of reaction
[00:12:55] for President Donald Trump's administration is drastically
[00:12:59] reduced while the future of
[00:13:02] power in Washington is defined.
[00:16:10] An internal split runs through the Republican machine
[00:16:14] while Donald Trump monopolizes the spotlight of the national
[00:16:17] campaign, transforming every electoral act
[00:16:21] into a referendum on his own figure. With
[00:16:25] disapproval levels ranging between 60 and
[00:16:28] 68% in national polls, the president's support
[00:16:31] has become a double-edged sword that tests
[00:16:35] the survival of the conservative bloc in the legislative
[00:16:38] elections. Now, far from projecting a
[00:16:42] solid party discipline, his personalist
[00:16:45] strategy unleashes underlying tensions
[00:16:48] between party loyalty and the indispensable tactical
[00:16:51] calculation to retain Congress.
[00:16:55] Now, the economic promises, especially the
[00:16:58] radical ones and the legal challenges regarding public
[00:17:01] resources mark a high-voltage race
[00:17:05] that redefines the balances of political power in
[00:17:08] Washington.
[00:17:11] Despite being at his lowest popularity ratings, US
[00:17:15] President Donald Trump fights to win the
[00:17:18] midterm elections by any means necessary. His most
[00:17:22] recent strategy, to order the largest deployment
[00:17:25] of ICE agents in California for
[00:17:28] 45 days, something that for analysts goes
[00:17:32] beyond just an operation against undocumented
[00:17:35] immigrants. For months, President
[00:17:38] Trump has been running a campaign to try
[00:17:42] to manipulate the midterm elections,
[00:17:46] it is no secret, this he has done
[00:17:49] openly and shamelessly, and he has
[00:17:52] tried from every possible angle,
[00:17:56] all illegal, among which stand out
[00:17:59] random redistribution of
[00:18:02] electoral districts, attempt to suppress the
[00:18:05] vote. by mail, making
[00:18:09] each voter show their
[00:18:12] passport at the time of voting,
[00:18:15] all failed, he
[00:18:18] only has the last one left and this
[00:18:21] is to try to persuade, especially in states
[00:18:25] that we consider flexible or swing states, to
[00:18:29] manipulate the vote there with intimidation, number
[00:18:33] one and two, without a doubt he will
[00:18:36] try to seize the ballot
[00:18:39] boxes afterwards, although the absolute
[00:18:43] power that Donald Trump has had has allowed him to take
[00:18:46] constitutionally illegal measures, attacking the
[00:18:50] electoral system could finally put him
[00:18:54] before justice. Apart from the efforts that the
[00:18:58] Trump regime is making to
[00:19:00] intimidate voters, it is to interfere in the
[00:19:04] midterm elections, there are laws.
[00:19:07] the United States that explicitly prohibit
[00:19:11] that, there are many state laws,
[00:19:14] but there are two federal laws that
[00:19:17] prohibit federal officials
[00:19:19] or military personnel from being
[00:19:23] stationed where elections are taking place, the
[00:19:25] penalty, if you violate that law, is a fine or
[00:19:29] 5 years in prison, another federal
[00:19:33] law also establishes the illegality of
[00:19:36] trying to intimidate voters. According to the
[00:19:39] latest polls, the indignation of Americans
[00:19:42] over the high cost of living, high gasoline
[00:19:46] prices and the war against Iran has been much
[00:19:50] stronger than Trump's strategies to prevent the Democratic
[00:19:53] vote. Donald Trump, his
[00:19:56] MAGA, in
[00:19:59] November is out, we have a dignified people here, the
[00:20:03] people of the United States who are already tired
[00:20:06] of so many injustices, so much harassment and
[00:20:10] so many violations of their human rights, and we
[00:20:13] believe that the American people will
[00:20:16] vote against these fascist policies,
[00:20:20] social organizations are already taking security measures to
[00:20:24] prevent a possible electoral fraud this
[00:20:27] November 3,
[00:20:30] Pablo and Henry Camelo,
[00:20:33] Telesur New
[00:20:34] York.
[00:20:40] The electoral board in the United States registers a decisive
[00:20:43] turn as the elections approach, while national
[00:20:47] polls and surveys in swing states
[00:20:51] place Democrats with a lead of between three and
[00:20:55] five points, the approval ratings of the Republican
[00:20:59] administration fall below 40%,
[00:21:02] evidencing an insurmountable gap between the optimism of the
[00:21:04] official discourse and the daily reality of the
[00:21:08] electorate. This loss of traction does
[00:21:11] not respond to cyclical fluctuations, but to
[00:21:14] deep structural cracks.
[00:21:18] Fractures and the fracture of the key alliance in working-class
[00:21:21] districts, discontent of key minorities and wear and
[00:21:25] tear due to an increasingly aggressive institutional
[00:21:28] rhetoric, configure a high-tension scenario that
[00:21:32] redefines voting behavior at the
[00:21:35] polls. The cost of living fractured the working-class
[00:21:39] vote, with accumulated inflation of 21% in basic
[00:21:42] foods and gasoline exceeding $4.80
[00:21:46] at its peaks. According to the
[00:21:49] Department of Labor, industrial districts such as Erie,
[00:21:53] Pennsylvania and Macomb, Michigan,
[00:21:56] abandoned the ruling party, 64% of the working
[00:21:59] class states that their economy worsened compared
[00:22:02] to 2021.
[00:22:04] Employment says one thing
[00:22:08] and another, businesses
[00:22:12] are closing
[00:22:14] due to high prices of fuels
[00:22:17] and everything in general.
[00:22:20] food. In foreign policy, direct
[00:22:24] military operations in Western Asia undermined the
[00:22:27] promise of non-intervention in endless wars. This shift
[00:22:31] broke the trust of isolationist bases and of
[00:22:34] 58% of independent voters who reject
[00:22:38] new multimillion-dollar arms budgets approved by the White
[00:22:42] House.
[00:22:44] He has absolutely nothing to sell to the electorate about
[00:22:48] what was a good decision to have
[00:22:51] gotten involved in the war in Iran, which is
[00:22:54] unsellable
[00:22:56] in terms of benefits for the United States for having gotten involved in this
[00:23:00] war that he, in February, let's remember,
[00:23:03] promised to liquidate in four
[00:23:05] weeks.
[00:23:08] On the migratory front, federal raids and the
[00:23:11] suspension of asylum routes provoked an exodus of the Hispanic
[00:23:15] vote. Pew Research data reflects a drop
[00:23:18] in Latino support from
[00:23:20] 8% to 25% in swing states such
[00:23:24] as Arizona, Nevada and Florida, where urban
[00:23:27] communities in Phoenix and Las Vegas went from supporting the
[00:23:30] ruling party to actively mobilizing against it. Finally,
[00:23:34] the institutional questioning divides the country
[00:23:37] before the recount, with more than 120 legal
[00:23:40] appeals filed against mail-in voting electoral machines
[00:23:44] in critical counties such as Maricopa, Arizona
[00:23:47] and Fulton, Georgia. The discourse
[00:23:50] of anticipated fraud seeks to protect a base that is around 35% of the
[00:23:54] electorate, raising the risk of challenges
[00:23:58] and a post-electoral
[00:23:59] legitimacy crisis.
[00:24:03] The Republican party and in this case expressed by Donald Trump,
[00:24:07] when he makes the decision to
[00:24:10] hinder any instrument or
[00:24:13] way that makes it possible for the
[00:24:16] vote historically closer to the
[00:24:19] Democrats. to express itself,
[00:24:22] manifests the deep structural decision of the Republican
[00:24:25] Party to guarantee victory in the
[00:24:28] midterm elections in the United States in any
[00:24:32] way, in any form, at any cost,
[00:24:36] because the Republican party does not have margins
[00:24:39] not to win the midterm elections and, therefore,
[00:24:43] this is a situation that shows it very
[00:24:46] aggressive, very determined
[00:24:49] to invest. in electoral issues and in electoral
[00:24:52] mobilization to guarantee its victory in the
[00:24:56] midterm elections, something that on the other hand
[00:24:59] exposes it negatively to the general American
[00:25:02] public because it sees that there is a deployment of spending
[00:25:06] capacities that are directly oriented to
[00:25:10] electoral objectives and not to socio-economic
[00:25:13] objectives, the Republican party considers that this was
[00:25:17] a cost that it had to pay to not only
[00:25:21] guarantee at this moment
[00:25:24] to be able to reach with the
[00:25:28] control of the different variables that would
[00:25:30] allow it to win the elections, but that
[00:25:33] it also has a priority objective, which
[00:25:36] is that the internal situation within the
[00:25:40] United States, and
[00:25:43] not only between Republicans and Democrats, but between the great,
[00:25:47] the great popular masses in the United States. and the
[00:25:50] great and the great oligarchs
[00:25:53] that produce in the United States but do business in the
[00:25:56] world, this, Trump
[00:26:00] and Vance have a mission to
[00:26:03] prioritize everything that is done and
[00:26:07] consolidates the possibility of success in the
[00:26:10] elections, which have to do with the deep structural
[00:26:13] fracture in the United States, a fracture that
[00:26:17] divides the United States into two great
[00:26:20] sides, two great sides that clash and
[00:26:23] confront in an increasingly
[00:26:26] acute way. The United States arrives at these midterm
[00:26:29] elections fractured by a
[00:26:32] side that transfers the blow of inflation, cost of living
[00:26:36] and war crisis directly to the
[00:26:39] polls. The massive early participation
[00:26:41] confirms that the citizenry turned this process
[00:26:45] into an authentic plebiscite against the
[00:26:48] Donald Trump administration, threatening to snatch
[00:26:51] total control of Congress.
[00:26:55] With an opposition that capitalizes on social unrest and a
[00:26:59] ruling party that resorts to borderline
[00:27:02] acrobatics fearing a historic defeat, then
[00:27:06] the room for maneuver in Washington is
[00:27:09] running out. So, the endless
[00:27:12] lines of voters across the country reflect that the balance
[00:27:16] of legislative power is about to be defined from the grassroots.
[00:27:20] That said, next November 3 will not only
[00:27:23] define 435 seats in the lower house and the
[00:27:27] direction of the Senate. The Nation faces a test of
[00:27:31] fire for its own democratic institutionalism
[00:27:34] where the final verdict of the ballots will have the last
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