The mid-term elections, which determine the course of American politics, will be on the 8th.


Opinion polls show that the opposition Republican Party is gaining the upper hand in the House of Representatives and is on track to secure a majority of seats, but the Senate is in a fierce race to secure a majority.

Midterm elections in the United States are elections such as the United States Congress held in the middle year of the presidential election every four years, and this year all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 out of 100 seats in the Senate will be re-elected.



In Congress, the ruling party, the Democratic Party, currently holds the initiative in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. 174, with the Republicans on track to secure a majority.



The Senate, meanwhile, is consolidating 48 seats for Republicans and 44 for Democrats, including non-re-elected seats, but there is a fierce race to secure the majority, and the outcome of the eight closely contested states is likely to lead to a large majority. is likely to be determined.



On the 5th, the last Saturday of the election campaign, in Pennsylvania, a fiercely contested state, President Biden gave a speech to support the Democratic candidate with former President Obama, who is deeply popular, while former President Trump also entered the speech to support the Republican candidate. A fierce battle continues, such as criticizing the Biden administration's inflation measures and immigration policies.



Voting for the midterm elections in the United States will begin on the evening of the 8th in Japan time.

In the battleground state of Ohio

On Saturday, the final day of the election campaign, candidates for the U.S. Senate race traveled across the Midwestern state of Ohio, one of the "swing states" in which the Democratic and Republican forces clashed with each other and the results changed with each election. I went around and asked voters directly for their support.



Of these, Democrat Tim Ryan made a speech in the state capital of Columbus, and in June, the federal Supreme Court, where conservatives dominated, overturned the decision that abortion was a constitutionally recognized right. , "This is an excessive act. It has completely taken away the freedom and liberation of women in this country."



One female supporter said, 'I want Mr. Ryan to continue fighting for women's rights and workers.'



Meanwhile, Republican J.D. Vance, speaking in Batavia in the southwest, said, "The price of everything, including eggs, is soaring. It's the result of terrible policies," and the missteps of the Biden administration are recorded. criticized for causing violent inflation.



One of the male supporters said, ``The price of energy such as gasoline has remained high.



According to the political information site Real Clear Politics, the two candidates were competing with each other by around one point in the middle of last month, but since then, Mr. Vance has gradually widened his lead.

Explosions at the venue before the date, temporary voting suspended

There was a bomb commotion at a school in New York City, which is the venue for early voting in the US midterm elections on the 8th, and voting was temporarily suspended.



The New York City Elections Commission said it was contacted by police on the morning of the 6th that a bomb had been threatened at a school in the city where early voting was being held.



Employees and voters who were in the polling place were temporarily evacuated after being contacted.



Police inspected the inside of the school and found it safe, so voting resumed shortly after noon.



The police say, "The threats are directed at schools, not at polling stations," but according to a poll released by Reuters and others on the 26th of last month, 43% of people said they were "violent or threatened at polling stations." Concerns about the safety of voting are increasing, such as answering "I am worried about intimidation.