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Global National: Nov. 6, 2022 | Democrats, Republicans make final pitches before US midterms

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A sitting president and two former presidents making impassioned appeals to Americans just two days ahead of a crucial vote. Americans will be voting in midterm elections this week, 250,000,000 people are eligible to cast a ballot – the results will determine the makeup of the U.S. Congress and set the tone for the next two years of President Joe Biden’s presidency. Biden’s name is not on the ballot, but his party’s vision for America is. Biden’s approval rating has sunk since he was elected. Democrats say the Democracy is on the line with this election, Republicans say it’s all about the economy - Washington Bureau Chief Jackson Proskow has more on where things are headed with Tuesday’s election.

Canadians always watch our neighbour closely of course and if these midterms result in the Democrats losing control of the House and the Senate there will almost certainly be an impact on Canada’s relationship with the U.S. Chief political correspondent David Akin has more from Ottawa.

Reproductive rights and access to abortion is an issue in these midterms, but according to the poll it’s not the top-of-mind issue it was back in June – that’s when the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade. That decision angered many Americans and the Democrats hoped to capitalize on that anger. But it's now November and public opinion polls show the economy and inflation have eclipsed abortion as the top issue. Farah Nasser has more.

If Republicans in the U.S. take control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, there are fears aid being delivered to Ukraine could dry up. And that couldn’t come at a worse time for many Ukrainians still at risk from Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Right now Russian attacks are targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, knocking out power grids and that’s leaving millions of people helpless without heat as freezing winter fast approaches. Ross Lord has more on the desperate situation.

In the last two decades, democracy has been on increasingly shaky ground in Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, India, Hungary, and Poland - leaders to varying degrees who have sought to subvert institutions and the rule of law, silence critics, and consolidate their own rule. Democracy is even under threat in the place where it was thought to be well established – in the United States. The promise of a golden future and the thought that one man – and it always seems to be a man – can deliver it is an appealing notion in a time when growing inequality has fueled uncertainty and anger with elected leaders largely failing to address it. Dawna Friesen has more.

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