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On November 8, 2022, the US midterm elections will be held. The current election campaign will largely determine the fate of the 2024 presidential election. The campaign to nominate candidates for the presidency of the United States may be launched soon after the midterm elections.

According to polls, the Republicans have a good chance of regaining a majority in the House of Representatives following the midterm elections. It is quite possible that they will take the majority in the Senate, but the outcome of the elections remains anyone’s guess. In the Senate elections, only a third of the seats will be up for grabs, and voters in swing states - Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Wisconsin - will decide the outcome of the race. The Democratic Party’s chances have been hurt by the image of Joe Biden, who, according to a number of experts, has not become a strong leader in the eyes of most Americans, capable of solving the economic and domestic political problems of the United States. If a majority in the House of Representatives goes to the Republicans, then Biden will be in a politically dangerous situation, as the decline in his popularity and the growth of the influence of Republicans in Congress may contribute to talk of his impeachment.


Speakers:

• Dimitri Simes, President, Center for the National Interest, Washington
• Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, CCEMI, National Research University Higher School of Economics
  

Moderator:

• Andrey Sushentsov, Programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club.
  

Working languages: Russian, English.

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