Republicans missed “open target” in the midterm elections, according to one expert. Now former President Donald Trump’s role in the election is being criticized, and a controversial tactic by Democrats is being highlighted.

by-election It did not become the “red wave” that Republicans expected. The Democrats seem to have lost their majority in the House of Representatives, but they may retain a majority in the Senate.

Now, three elements are mentioned in particular to explain the outcome of the election:

• How decisive was the massive price increase?

In advance, everything indicated that this was a matter of the utmost importance, and that it would remain Totally devastating for Democrats. The conclusion was that inflation was the most important issue of all, but it was not as dominant as initially thought.

Both liberals have concluded that CNN and conservatives Fox News with.

• How important is the right to self-abortion?

At the start of the campaign, this was the Democrats’ winning case, but in the end the issue seemed to no longer have the same effect.

About 17 percent up front said the right to an abortion was the most important issue to them, but on election day polls showed that as many as 27 percent of voters believed the right to an abortion our the most important.

• Were the “Trump nominees” qualified?

Many candidates who were closely allied with former President Donald Trump remained in the lead It is categorized as ‘Not eligible’. But then they still do well in the polls. When it came, he lost a lot of them.

Perhaps the biggest defeat in Pennsylvania came there Democrat John Fetterman Defeated the Republican Muhammad Oz.

Several points to DeSantis

Fox News has one Article by conservative writer Michael Brendan Dougherty He is alleged to have been contacted by a number of Republicans out of frustration that the candidates Trump promoted did not do so well.

In addition to the aforementioned Mehmet Oz in the battle for the decisive Senate seat, the state governor’s candidates are selected. Lake Cary, Arizona and Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania as examples of Trump loyalists’ bad choices.

The clearest counterpart on the Republican side is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Nevertheless, early elections were held Trump criticized him In harsh terms in recent weeks.

DeSantis has been mentioned as Trump’s most likely opponent in the Republican primary campaign, although neither has yet said they will run for president.

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– A blow to Trump

US expert and consultant at Civita think tank, Erik Løkke, believes tonight’s results are a big disappointment for Trump supporters.

Trump’s candidates were very bad and very extremist. There was a caveat in advance, and when it is now used as an important explanation for Republicans conducting relatively weak elections, it is a blow to Donald Trump, Locke explains.

For DeSantis, it was the opposite. He is now in a much better position than he was before the by-election. But I’m still not sure if he’ll run. He explains that Trump is still in a better position to win the primaries if he runs.

Locke believed that the Republicans really had an “open target,” because of all the problems in the economy.

– All the polls showed that the price hike was the most important, but the opinion polls right after people voted showed that other issues, such as abortion, were also important.

Controversial tactics

Former speechwriter for George W. Bush, Mark Thiessen, points out that many contributors who are actually Democrats have backed the so-called “Trump candidates” with large sums during the primaries. The goal was to win the nomination over the more moderate Republicans, in the hope that the “Trump candidates” would lose the primaries themselves against the Democratic candidates.

– the tactic succeeded, Thiessen wraps up on Fox News.

Eirik Løkke believed it was a risky strategy, since many elections with contested candidates were very evenly matched after all.

The Democrats may have given short-term, cynical gains in this election. But it is an irresponsible long-term strategy, and it is a pity for American democracy to support the candidates it wants to lose.