Les premiers résultats aux États-Unis pointent vers un vote sanction contre Trump
The first results of the midterm elections in the United States point towards a protest vote against Donald Trump on Tuesday, even though the road to regaining control of Congress from the Republicans remains long.
While Democrats hope that these elections will restrict the powers of the Republican president, they succeeded in flipping a first Senate seat early in the evening with Roy Cooper's victory in North Carolina.
In Georgia, also in the southeast, Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff comfortably won his re-election with a lead of more than 30 points over Republican Mike Collins, according to NBC and CBS.
At 39, Jon Ossoff is a rising star in the Democratic Party, seen as one of the potential candidates for the 2028 presidential election.
The opposition to Donald Trump hopes that the rising cost of living, aggravated by an unpopular war against Iran, but also the issue of corruption in the highest spheres of the State, will lead Americans to disavow the Republicans in these "midterms", traditionally unfavorable to the party that occupies the White House.
At the time of the closing of the first polling stations, the leader of the Democratic representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, had expressed his optimism.
"We are on the verge of a radical change of course in this country," he told reporters in Washington.
- "Two years of nightmare" -
Meeting after meeting, Donald Trump threw all his forces into this bitter battle, predicting apocalyptic consequences in the event of a Democratic victory, suggested by polls but which he promised once again to prove wrong.
"The president gave his all on the ground and did everything that was necessary," the White House said late in the afternoon.
As a sign of the stakes, nearly 58 million citizens voted early, a record for midterm elections.
Defending his record Tuesday morning on Fox News, the 80-year-old billionaire called on voters "to preserve America's greatness," he who has already cast doubt on the veracity of the results and accused - without foundation - the Democrats of fraud before the election.
In Maine (northeast), Tom Walsh, 59, told AFP he wanted to put an end to "two years of nightmare" when he voted Democrat.
"Of course, it's the economy. Everything is expensive," says Gabrielle Schlueter, a 69-year-old retired black voter encountered in Atlanta (Georgia, Southeast).
Before the election, polls predicted a victory for the Democrats in the House of Representatives, which was entirely renewed on Tuesday.
- "Put a stop to it" -
But the Senate could also flip, thanks to elections in traditionally Republican states: from Maine to Alaska, including Texas, Ohio, and Kansas. In some right-wing strongholds, such an outcome was unimaginable just a few months ago.
Across the country, 36 governorships are also up for grabs, as well as numerous referendums.
Donald Trump, who watched the results Tuesday night from the White House, warned that in the event of a Republican defeat, he would "veto everything".
In the Arctic regions of Alaska, where a close Senate election is taking place, Republican voters assert that Donald Trump "kept his promise".
"He solved that problem" of illegal immigration, "he secured the border," says James Weise. "The only thing I don't really appreciate about him sometimes is his personality," adds the 72-year-old retiree.
But for Gabriel Layman, a 24-year-old writer, the United States "has taken a wrong turn."
"I think it's important to put a stop to the Republicans in power," adds this voter who describes himself as independent but voted Democrat in Alaska.
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