The democratic party under the current political situation is going to arrange a redistribution of power not only by winning the presidential election, but due to the elections in Congress and in some States, which will be held in parallel. This writes the Politico.
According to the authors of the publication and the respondents of the experts, the Democrats thought that in the current environment, they are able to regain control of the Senate — the upper house of Parliament, the majority of which now belongs to the Republican (53 seats out of 100), as well as to strengthen its position in the house of representatives, the lower house of Congress. According to political adviser Simon Rosenberg, one of the creators of the success of the Democrats in the elections to the house of representatives in 2018, the current situation promotes the means to achieve a new victory.
In addition, the Democratic party intends to regain or consolidate a majority in local legislatures and possibly win the governorship even in those States that are traditionally Republican, such as Texas and Georgia. “We don’t rule anything out,” says Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to Joe Biden, a possible presidential candidate from the democratic party in the presidential election. According to Politico, the Democrats can deploy a dedicated campaign in that case, if the ratings of the incumbent President Donald trump will not rise and to fall.
“It’s not just drop down once in 20 years, when the redistribution [of power] falls on a presidential election year, but also a unique opportunity when the President looks so weak,” — writes the edition.
In the Republican party are skeptical of such plans of opponents. The former Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker is recalled, the Democrats gave similar predictions and in 2016, when trump walked in the presidential election of former Secretary of state Hillary Clinton. However, among Republicans there are those who recognize the possibility of the rise of the democratic party in 2020 even in such conservative States as Texas.
In November this year in the United States, in addition to presidential elections, elections to the house of representatives, which will select all 435 congressmen and 35 senators re-election of the Congress. In addition, in 11 States and two territories under the control of the United States (American Samoa and Puerto Rico) will be held gubernatorial elections.
