30 Democrats drop out of midterm elections in the largest retirement wave in the U.S. House of Representatives in 30 years
The US House of Representatives has the largest "retirement wave" in 30 years. So far, 30 House Democrats have announced their withdrawal from the US mid-term elections, the highest number in 30 years.
According to reports from the US "Capitol Hill" and the Russian Satellite News Agency, Kathryn Rice, a Democrat in the US House of Representatives, announced that she will not seek re-election in the midterm elections.
So far, a total of 30 Democrats in the US House of Representatives have announced their withdrawal before the midterm elections.
However, the report also pointed out that not all retirees are looking to quit politics, and that eight of the 30 will run for other political positions.
"Democrats in the U.S. Congress are preparing for a difficult election cycle." The report said that the last time there was a large-scale exodus of Democrats in Congress was in 1992, when a total of 41 Democratic members of the House of Representatives retired.
In addition, since 1978, there have been three retirement waves of at least 30 people in the midterm election phase.
Some analysts have pointed to the retirement boom as redistricting that has changed the Congressional map and made some seats more vulnerable.
FiveThirtyEight, a website that focuses on polls, pointed to the low approval ratings of U.S. President Joe Biden, coupled with the possibility of Democrats losing their seats in the midterm elections, as reasons for the retirement of Democratic lawmakers.
"With the 2022 election coming up, Democrats need to decide now whether they want to retire or stay and get fired," said Calvin Moore, spokesman for the American Congress Leadership Fund.
Kyle Condick, executive editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia's Election Prediction Center, said there are plenty of signs that this year will not be good for Democrats.