US elections. Trump back in a country polarized

Legislative elections "medium term" usually a referendum on the presidency in the United States. Trump's government is navigating a contradictory situation, between a relatively stable economic situation that should have favored, and a massive and growing repudiation of their reactionary policies, misóginas, racist and xenophobic, these days has focused on his criminal policy against the caravan of Central American migrants who are traveling to the US border.

The central figure of the election result, It is that rejection is prevailing Trump. In many votes, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a bigger margin that Obama won in 2008 -which it was considered a cropper- and they regained the majority in the lower house. Anyway, Republicans retained a majority in the Senate, where the electoral system gives a disproportionate weight conservative rural areas.

If Trump's defeat was not strong, is by the very hesitation among Democrats face when. In a semi-triumphant speech, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader who is likely to preside over the House, He stated that "tomorrow is a new day in America". Then, He devoted the rest of his speech to promote a future of "bipartisan" cooperation.
If Trump continues airy, because, in addition to a favorable economic situation, It does just the opposite Democrats. Far from the bipartisan cooperation, Trump's campaign focused on mobilizing its most reactionary social base, waving xenophobia against immigrants.

The other side of the polarization noted, in spite of the Democratic Party. Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez, the Socialist candidate Bronx became the youngest MP in the country's history and the first representation that the anti-capitalist left has in Congress in nearly a century.

The next Congress will have the highest proportion of women in history. Jared Polis, who won the governorship of Colorado, he became the first openly gay governor. Deborah Haaland and Sharice Davids will be the first native women occupy a seat in Congress. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will be the first Muslim Congress.
These developments show that, although a reactionary sector consolidates behind Trump, Polarization also develops, under the radar, a strong trend toward the left.

Federico Moreno

reproduced from Anticapitalist Network

Nov 7, 2018