Biden, Obama and Trump on the verge of crucial elections in the United States

Three days after midterm elections In the United States, the president Joe Biden and its predecessor Barack Obama urged to vote to protect American democracy, during rallies in Pennsylvania, where the former president also Donald Trump asked to “save the ‘American dream'”.

Democrats Biden and Obama and Republican Trump participated in rallies in this disputed state in the northeastern United States, ahead of Tuesday’s vote that will lay the groundwork for the 2024 presidential.

“Democracy is literally on the ballot. This is a watershed moment for the nation and we must all speak with one voice,” Biden said in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the US Constitution in the late 18th century.

All the lights are on Pennsylvaniawhere Mehmet Oz, a Trump-backed doctor-turned-TV star, battles for the hottest seat in the U.S. Senate with John Fetterman, the former small-town Democratic mayor.

The balance of powers in the upper house of Congress, which decides on fundamental issues for the country, very possibly depends on that senator’s seat.

On November 8, Americans are called to the polls to renew all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate in Washington. Several governorships and local positions are also in contention.

Democracy “at stake”

Obama He was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s big industrial city, Saturday noon, where he asked “Cousin Pookie” and “Uncle Joe” — pet names for voters not involved with the campaign — to get off the couch and ” go to vote!” by the Democrats.

“I love you!” someone was heard yelling in the crowd. “I love you too, but you have to vote!” The former president replied.

In the evening, Obama called the polls again.

“Democracy itself is on the ballot. The stakes are high,” he said huskily, echoing Biden’s words.

“It’s very important that the Democrats stay” in power, Jennifer Hahn, a 57-year-old psychologist, said a while earlier as she lined up hundreds of yards to attend the Biden, Obama and Fetterman rally.

For her, “climate change, armed violence and the violation of individual rights” are the most crucial issues in these elections.

Jacqueline Smythe, a 30-year-old therapist, said she fears her rights as a woman will be at stake if Republicans regain control of Congress after the conservative-majority Supreme Court struck down nationwide abortion rights in June.

“The Republican Party is becoming almost a dictatorship,” he said.

“Save the “American Dream””

In the evening, in the small town of Latrobe, near Pittsburgh, Trump called on Republicans for a landslide vote against Democrats.

“If they want to stop the destruction of our country and save the ‘American dream,’ then this Tuesday they must vote Republican in a giant red wave,” he said, referring to the color that traditionally identifies the party.

After a ferocious campaign focused on criticism of rising inflation, Republicans are becoming increasingly confident in their chances of wresting legislative majorities in both chambers from the Democratic president.

Trump appears determined to build on this momentum to formalize his 2024 presidential bid as soon as possible, perhaps as early as the third week of November. And everything indicates that he will be with an air of revenge for his 2020 defeat.

“We need to take our country back,” Shawn Ecker Gray, 44, wearing a cap with Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again,” said before the rally.

“I love Trump because he supports all the things I believe in,” Leslie Boswell, 39, said on his side.

For Trump supporters, a Republican victory now will help pave the way for the tycoon to return to the White House in two years.

Abortion and inflation

Biden, who will soon be 80 years oldhas said he wants to run again in 2024, but the prospect doesn’t convince all Democrats because of his age and his unpopularity.

The Democratic president seeks to convince voters that this election is decisive on issues such as abortion or same-sex marriage, on which he has promised to legislate if he obtains solid majorities in Congress.

Abortion rights at the federal level have certainly been a central issue of the race in Pennsylvania. The family planning organization Planned Parenthood has supported Fetterman’s campaign on several occasions.

But the increase in prices – 8.2% on average year-on-year – remains by far the main concern of Americans.

“The Democrats are worried,” the Republican Oz joked. “The radical left knows that the dynamic is in favor” of the Republicans.