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Wednesday 9 november 2022
Election 2022: Turbulent campaign season comes to a close

crats in competitive races
reluctant to campaign with
him. Only 43% of U.S. adults
said they approved of how
Biden is handling his job as
president, according to an
October poll by The Asso-
ciated Press-NORC Center
for Public Affairs Research.
Just 25% said then that the
country is headed in the
right direction.
Still, Biden’s allies have ex-
pressed hope that voters
will reject Republicans who
have contributed to an
extreme political environ-
ment.
Kevin Tolbert, a 49-year-old
who works in labor law and
lives in Southfield, Michi-
gan, said, “It is something
that has to be protected
and we protect that by
voting and being out and
supporting our country.”
“It’s a fragile space that
we’re in. I think it’s really im-
portant that we protect it,
because we could end up
like some of the things we
Poll worker Alany Gonzalez sets up another voting booth in front of dryers at the Su Nueva Lavanderia near Chicago's Midway saw in the past — dicta-
Airport Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Chicago.
Associated Press tors and such,” Tolbert said.
“We don’t need that.”
Michael Dupigny, 83, of
Continued from Front showed up in person to try formally launching another has been taken away,” Washington, wasn’t ex-
and fix problems with their bid for the White House dur- said Alexis McGill John- pecting issues, but went
Republicans are betting previously cast mail-in bal- ing a “very big announce- son, president of Planned to cast his ballot in person,
that messaging focused lots. But officials said there ment” in Florida next week. Parenthood Federation of saying he wanted “to see
on the economy, gas was still time to reconcile Voting in Palm Beach, America. what’s happening, with the
prices and crime will reso- those issues. Florida, on Tuesday, Trump “They see this is an eco- machines, with the people,
nate with voters at a time In Maricopa County, Ari- predicted that Republi- nomic issue, a health care to see that everything is
of soaring inflation and ris- zona, which encompasses cans would have “a great issue, a freedom issue,” Mc- working well at the voting
ing violence. Ultimately, Phoenix and is the state’s night” on Tuesday and Gill Johnson added. “And station.”
they’re confident that out- largest, officials reported that the upcoming event they’re enraged.” Federal and state election
rage stemming from the Su- problems with vote-tabu- “would be very exciting for It’s also the first national officials — and Trump’s own
preme Court’s decision to lation machines in about a lot of people.” The former election since the Jan. 6 attorney general — have
eliminate a woman’s con- 20% of voting places. There president has endorsed insurrection, meaning the said there is no credible
stitutional right to an abor- were few instances of long more than 300 candidates country’s very democratic evidence the 2020 election
tion has faded and that the lines but the incident fu- in the midterm cycle and future is in question. Some was tainted. His allegations
midterms have become eled anger and skepticism said he voted for Repub- who participated in — or of fraud were also roundly
a more traditional assess- about voting that has been lican Ron DeSantis, who is were in the vicinity of — the rejected by courts, includ-
ment of the president’s per- growing among some Re- seeking his second term as deadly attack are poised ing by judges Trump ap-
formance. publicans since the state Florida’s governor. DeSan- to win Tuesday, including pointed. But political divi-
“It will be a referendum went narrowly for Biden in tis is viewed as a potential House seats. Lake, the Ari- sions that have smoldered
on the incompetence of 2020. leading GOP primary alter- zona gubernatorial candi- for two years weren’t on
this administration,” Minne- “They may be trying to slow native to Trump should he date, and GOP hopefuls display everywhere on
sota Republican Rep. Tom a red tsunami,” said Kari jump into the 2024 White for secretary of state in her Tuesday.
Emmer, who’s running the Lake, the state’s Republi- House race, as is widely ex- state and places like Ne- Barbara Brown, 76, voted
GOP effort to retake the can governor candidate, pected. The midterms ar- vada and Michigan have Tuesday in Chestertown,
House, said of the election. “but it’s coming.” rive as the U.S. is emerging refused to accept the re- Maryland, east of the state
Few major voting problems If the GOP has an especial- from the worst of the CO- sults of the 2020 presidential capital of Annapolis, and
were reported, though ly strong election, winning VID-19 pandemic only to election. said she saw Republican
there were hiccups typi- Democrat-held congressio- confront sharp economic That could leave them and Democratic candi-
cal of most Election Days. nal seats in places like New challenges. The Supreme overseeing future elections dates standing together,
Some tabulators were not Hampshire or Washington Court stripped away the in states that are often piv- holding their campaign
working in a New Jersey state, pressure could build constitutional right to an otal in presidential contests. signs, “laughing and talk-
county. In Philadelphia, for Biden to opt against abortion, eliminating pro- With only rare exceptions, ing. I was blown away.”
where Democrats are reelection in 2024. Former tections that had been in the president’s party loses Brown noted that it was lo-
counting on strong turnout, President Donald Trump, place for five decades. seats in his first midterm. cal candidates showing
people complained about meanwhile, may try to “People recognize that And Biden’s lagging ap- political civility, “But we’ll
being turned away as they capitalize on GOP gains by this fundamental freedom proval left many Demo- take what we can get.”q