{"id":14019,"date":"2022-11-10T16:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=14019"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:32:43","slug":"mid-term-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/mid-term-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm elections offer a glimpse of the &quot;new American majority&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"mid-term elections\" class=\"wp-image-14021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-150x107.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-696x496.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elecciones-1068x762.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Activists say transformative changes in the American electorate are not reflected in national polls, distorting expectations and campaigns.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Peter Schurmann. <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/spanish-translations\/las-elecciones-intermedias-ofrecen-una-vision-de-la-nueva-mayoria-norteamericana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethnic Media Services<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday night, Ruwa Romman became the first Muslim woman in history elected to the state legislature and the first Palestinian American to hold public office. Her victory capped a stronger-than-expected showing for Democrats that defied national polls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romman spoke during a Nov. 9 briefing hosted by the national nonprofit Emerge, which recruits and trains women who want to run for Democratic office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast night, 141 women of color, 62 women under 45, and 21 Emerge LGBTQ alumnae won,\u201d said Emerge President A\u2019Shanti Gholar. She added that her organization fielded more than 650 candidates across the country this election cycle. \u201cThis signals that the new American majority continues to grow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning! My name is Ruwa Romman, and I&#039;ve just been elected to become Georgia&#039;s first Muslim woman in the state house and first Palestinian ever elected to any public office in the state \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GAPol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GAPol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ruwa4Georgia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Ruwa4Georgia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ib2t02v6dv\">pic.twitter.com\/Ib2t02v6dv<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ruwa Romman (@Ruwa4Georgia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ruwa4Georgia\/status\/1590344552980054017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The question on many minds is how the Democrats managed to avoid the catastrophe that polls increasingly predicted. A touch of sensitivity and humanism won out over technology, according to Romman and other first-time candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romman&#039;s team knocked on more than 15,000 doors, sent some 75,000 text messages and made 9,000 phone calls in the new 97th District, just outside Atlanta, he said. And the message he got from voters was resoundingly clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe heard from voters who said, \u2018I want to vote for you because I know you will protect me,\u2019\u201d Romman said. She added that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp \u2013 who just won re-election, defeating his Democratic challenger, Stacey Abrams \u2013 \u201chas not ruled out voting to ban contraceptives. People are very concerned about that here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abortion, inflation, democracy \u2014 it was all on the ballot in an election that many viewed in existential terms. And while predictions of a Republican defeat began to mount in the final days of the season, Democrats delivered the best results for a sitting president in more than two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romman beat his Republican opponent by 15 points in what he described as a very close race that included anti-Muslim attacks from the opposing side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associated Press exit polls show Democrats holding a solid lead over Republicans among voters of color, though Republicans continue to gain ground among Latinos. Democrats are also favored among younger voters, which has important implications for the 2024 presidential race as more young people are of voting age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the speakers of the call, despite inflation problems and the president&#039;s unpopularity, the issue of abortion and reproductive health rights remains at the forefront of many voters&#039; minds, even among some Republican men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe spoke to conservative white men who said they couldn\u2019t vote Republican because of their concerns about women\u2019s rights,\u201d Romman said. \u201cThis is something that the polls haven\u2019t fully captured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gholar agreed. \u201cIf you attack someone\u2019s rights, there will be consequences,\u201d he said, describing the expected \u201cred tsunami\u201d as more of a \u201cdrop in the bucket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gholar also echoed Romman, saying that polls that predicted a Republican onslaught failed to capture the \u201ctransformation\u201d taking place in the electorate and that polls too often play a decisive role in channeling party dollars to favored candidates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolls are tied to spending and we need to break that pattern,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a new system to understand the new American majority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black candidates also did well in other races, such as in Texas, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/11\/09\/texas-legislature-muslim-gay-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will send its first two Muslim representatives<\/a>\u00a0to the state capital, and in Minnesota, where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2022\/11\/09\/candidates-of-color-see-gains-in-minnesota-legislative-local-races\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black, Hmong, and Latina women<\/a>\u00a0won seats in their state legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Maryland, Aruna Miller, of Indian descent, became the state&#039;s first South Asian lieutenant governor. &quot;It&#039;s a real milestone for the community and a continued reflection of the power of women to take leadership,&quot;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiacurrents.com\/breaking-aruna-miller-makes-history-as-1st-indian-american-lt-governor-of-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told India Currents<\/a>\u00a0Shekar Narasimhan, founder and president of the AAPI Victory Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in Connecticut, Stephanie Thomas will become the first African-American woman in New England history to be elected Secretary of State. \u201cIt is also the first time that two black people will simultaneously hold a position in our executive branch,\u201d she said, referring to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/09\/erick-russell-first-black-gay-statewide-elected-official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erick Russel, who won his race for state Treasurer<\/a>. Russell is the first openly gay African American to win state office in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;People were angry about what was happening to women and they supported candidates who would protect those rights,&quot; Gholar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stressed the importance of the quality of the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBetween Dobbs promoting election deniers and attacking the safety net, Republicans did not help themselves,\u201d he said. \u201cDemocrats offered voters a strong field of candidates. That\u2019s why voters showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/ballot-measures\/\">Learn about the ballot measures for cities in San Mateo County<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los activistas afirman que los cambios transformadores en el electorado estadounidense no se reflejan en las encuestas nacionales, lo que distorsiona las expectativas y las campa\u00f1as. Por Peter Schurmann. Ethnic Media Services. El martes por la noche, Ruwa Romman se convirti\u00f3 en la primera mujer musulmana de la historia electa para la legislatura estatal y [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":14021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14023,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14019\/revisions\/14023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}