High inflation. President Biden’s low approval ratings. Polls showing that a majority of Americans were dissatisfied with the direction of the country.
The overall landscape heading into the 2022 midterm elections looked bleak for incumbents across the country, and for Democratic ones in particular, as many braced to feel voters’ outrage after Republican-led attacks on crime, immigration and high food and gas prices. But early tallies show that voters have mostly opted to keep their members of Congress.
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