An assessment of the American midterm elections at the Progressive Post by V. Ntousas

Vassilis Ntousas, Head of European Operations at the German Marshall Fund and Non-Resident Research Fellow of ELIAMEP wrote at the Progressive Post, the e–magazine of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies about the American midterm elections.

“On 8 November 2022, two years after Joe Biden was elected president of the United States, Americans cast their ballots in a highly consequential midterm election. Although the final results may take days or weeks to be known, the vaunted ‘red wave’ that most politicians, pundits and prognosticators had confidently predicted ended up being merely a ripple. Predictions aside, though, perhaps the biggest relief of this election cycle concerned American democracy itself”, comments Vassilis. Read the full article here.