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<center>''See also [[2022 midterm debates]]''.</center>

<center>''See also [[2022 midterm debates]]''.</center>

[[File:Biden turns his back on stranded Americans.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The enduring image of Biden's concern for the health, safety, and well-being of Americans.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-communications-director-says-biden-never-shies-away-from-taking-questions-one-day-after-he-refused-to-take-questions/ar-AANy5jz</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/24/biden-turns-his-back-on-question-about-evacuating-all-americans-from-afghanistan/</ref>]]

[[File:RCP 11-10-22.PNG|right|350px|thumb|House standings as reported by Realclearpolitics 11/10/22, 48 hrs after the polls closed.]]

The '''2022 midterm elections''' were held on November 8, 2022, will determine membership in the 118th Congress for all seats in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in addition to Class III U.S. senators. A number of statewide elections were also be held, including gubernatorial races.  The top [[U.S. Senate]] races were in [[Nevada]], [[Georgia]] and [[Arizona]], where the party that wins two out of those three races will take control of the Senate and the outcomes were unresolved as of the day after the election.  More than $250 million was spent by the weekend before the election in Georgia alone, a third of which was by the candidates.<ref name="AJC">https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-us-senate-race-on-pace-to-be-the-nations-costliest-this-year/2KW7U2JISRCRNHHZJPRPMZKENQ/?amp;ecmp=pg&amp;amp</ref>

The '''2022 midterm elections''' were held on November 8, 2022, will determine membership in the 118th Congress for all seats in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in addition to Class III U.S. senators. A number of statewide elections were also be held, including gubernatorial races.  The top [[U.S. Senate]] races were in [[Nevada]], [[Georgia]] and [[Arizona]], where the party that wins two out of those three races will take control of the Senate and the outcomes were unresolved as of the day after the election.  More than $250 million was spent by the weekend before the election in Georgia alone, a third of which was by the candidates.<ref name="AJC">https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-us-senate-race-on-pace-to-be-the-nations-costliest-this-year/2KW7U2JISRCRNHHZJPRPMZKENQ/?amp;ecmp=pg&amp;amp</ref>

{{cquote|FiveThirtyEight’s projections appear to be favoring Democrats for two main reasons: They don’t seem to take into account recent years’ polling biases favoring Democrats. And they don’t appear to give any weight to the notion that most late-deciding voters will likely move against the party of an unpopular president. ... RCP’s projections, on the other hand, take into account the degree to which polling five weeks out from previous three federal elections was off, and in which direction it erred.}}

{{cquote|FiveThirtyEight’s projections appear to be favoring Democrats for two main reasons: They don’t seem to take into account recent years’ polling biases favoring Democrats. And they don’t appear to give any weight to the notion that most late-deciding voters will likely move against the party of an unpopular president. ... RCP’s projections, on the other hand, take into account the degree to which polling five weeks out from previous three federal elections was off, and in which direction it erred.}}

==Issues==

==Issues==

Early polling reported by ''Politico'' surveyed the Top issues on voters’ minds:<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2022/02/02/the-alarming-news-in-our-latest-poll-00004734</ref>

Early polling reported by ''Politico'' surveyed the Top issues on voters’ minds:<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2022/02/02/the-alarming-news-in-our-latest-poll-00004734</ref>

* The economy (e.g. taxes, wages, jobs, unemployment and spending): 39%The  

* The economy (e.g. taxes, wages, jobs, unemployment and spending): 39%The