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Okunye okuvamile kwezepolitiki ukuthi abavoti bazonde iWashington futhi bafuna abantu bangaphandle bakhethelwe ezikhundleni. Kodwa ukunqoba kukaSen. Raphael Warnock kuSenate yaseGeorgia ngoLwesibili kuyingxenye yenkambiso ephakamisa ukuthi, okungenani ngo-2022, lokho bekungelona iqiniso.
Ngamunye kwabangama-29 abangenele ukukhethwa kabusha kweSenethi uphumelele. Ukhetho lweSenate lwalonyaka imakwe okokuqala okungenani eminyakeni eyikhulu lapho kungekho senator esibambele okhethweni kabusha esilahlekile.
Manje yini esanda kwenzeka? Ikhwalithi embi yabaphikisi, imephu engenazo izinhlanga eziningi eziqhudelanayo ezenzeka enkathini ye-polarization ephezulu kanye nesimo sezwe esiqinile ngokungavamile kuhlanganiswe ukuze kudalwe umlando.
Ake siqale ngeqiniso lokuthi amaRiphabhulikhi awakwazanga ukusizakala ngezivunguvungu zaphakathi nonyaka ezihamba ngokumelene neqembu likamongameli. Lokho kwenzeka ngokwengxenye ngenxa yezinga elibi lekhandidethi.
Cabanga ngabaphikisi kuphrofayili ephezulu kakhulu Izinhlanga zezigele (i-Arizona, Georgia kanye ne-Nevada) lapho amaRiphabhulikhi ayenethemba lokuthi azokhipha izikhulu zeDemocratic Alliance. Bonke abaphonsele inselelo babe nezilinganiso zokungathandwa kahle (ezivumayo – ezingezinhle). Wonke amalungu ephalamende azophinde aqokwe kulezi zifundazwe abenezilinganiso ezinhle ezivulekele.
Uzoqaphela futhi ukuthi zonke lezi zifundazwe yilezo lapho uMongameli uJoe Biden awina khona ngo-2020. Lokhu kuveza iphuzu lesibili elibalulekile: Uhlu lwezinhlanga eziqhudelanayo kule mephu yeSigele beluluncane kakhulu.
Iningi lalezi zihlalo zeSenethi zagcina ngo-2016. Ngalowo nyaka, iqembu elanqoba umjaho wobumongameli esifundeni lawina nomjaho weSenate. Ezimbili zalezi zihlalo zeSenethi zashintsha amaqembu okhethweni olukhethekile lwango-2020, kodwa zombili lezo zinguquko zenzeka ezifundazweni (i-Arizona ne-Georgia) ezishintshele ezingeni likamongameli ngalowo nyaka.
Eqinisweni, iWisconsin bekuyisifunda esisodwa kumephu yeSenethi kulo nyaka lapho ukugijima obekukhona bekungelona iqembu elifanayo elawina izwe okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2020. I-Biden iwine leso sifundazwe ngephuzu elingaphansi.
Esikhathini lapho ukuhlukana kuphezulu, futhi cishe bonke ababesesikhundleni babevela ezifundeni iqembu labo elaliziphethe okhethweni lwangaphambilini lukamongameli, enye yezinto ezimbili okwakudingeka yenzeke ukuze labo ababesesikhundleni bahlulwe: Kuphakathi kokuthi abaphikisanayo bekufanele bathandwe kangcono kakhulu. kunalabo abasezikhundleni noma indawo kazwelonke edingekayo ukuze ivune kakhulu elinye lamaqembu amabili.
Sesikushilo ukuthi abaphonsele inselelo kumaRiphabhulikhi emijahweni eqhudelana kakhulu nabaphethe iDemocratic Alliance bebengadumile kakhulu kunalabo abebebambe iqhaza. Lokho bekuyiqiniso naseWisconsin, lapho inselelo yeDemocratic Alliance yayine- Isilinganiso esingalungile sokufanelekafuthi.
Lokhu kwakusho ukuthi isimo kazwelonke kufanele sincike kakhulu ohlangothini olulodwa ukuze kube lula ukuthi lowo osesikhundleni alahlekelwe. Lokhu akwenzekanga. Kunalokho, amakhandidethi eDemocratic and Republican eSenate athole cishe isabelo esifanayo sevoti ezweni lonke uma ubala zonke izinhlanga.
Ngempela, kwakuyi-a ukhetho oluvaliwe ngokomlando kuzwelonke. Umkhawulo wamavoti eSigele sezwe lonke uzosondela kakhulu kusukela okungenani ngo-1990.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi iqiniso lokuthi akekho noyedwa owayebambele iSenethi elalahleka libonakala lihambisana nomunye umlando owenziwe okhethweni lwango-2022.
NjengaseSigele, ababusi abaphethe kulo lonke ibhodi babonakala benza kahle ngokomlando. Kwakukhona umbusi oyedwa ohlulwe ukuqokwa kabusha (uSteve Sisolak waseNevada). Lokho kulahlekelwa okukodwa kumaka ukulahlekelwa okumbalwa kakhulu ngababusi abahlezi emijikelezweni lapho okungenani abayi-10 babo basebenza kusukela lapho. okungenani ngo-1948.
Futhi njengasemijahweni yeSenethi, ivoti elinqwabelene emijahweni yamagubernatorial laliseduze kunanoma yimuphi unyaka wamaphakathi noma unyaka kamongameli kusukela lapho. okungenani nango-1990.
Kuvele ukuthi bambalwa abavoti ababonakala befuna “ukukhipha inyumbazane” ngo-2022. Abavoti empeleni babonakala bekulungele ukuba nesandla esiqinile kuhulumeni lapho ukubusa kanye noshintsho oluncane lwaluvunywa. Enkathini ebuswa ukuba khona kowayenguMongameli uDonald Trump, lokho kuyaphawuleka impela.
