US midterm elections 2022: Biden's worries and key issues | Deep Dive

As the Unites States gears up for the midterm elections in November, let's take a look at key issues, President Joe Biden's worries and the challenges faced by his party. 

The United States is all set to hold midterm elections — polls that happen halfway through a president's four-year term — on November 8 to give Americans a chance to elect members of Congress and representatives at the state and local levels.

Like the Indian Parliament, America's Congress has 535 members who are responsible for making the law of the land. Congress is divided into two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate (100 seats) is an upper house like Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament and the House of Representatives (435 seats) is a lower house like Lok Sabha.

This time, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of Senate seats (35) are going to the polls.

Will President Joe Biden's Democratic Party continue to maintain its ultra-narrow majority in Congress or will Americans bring Donald Trump's Republican Party back? The odds seem in the Republicans' favour as even after two years in power, Biden's Democratic Party is still struggling to win the public's trust as the president's approval rating sinks lower than Trump's.

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While public dissatisfaction is palpable, the preliminary polls only emphasise that the Trump wave is not over yet. Democrats may still hope to turn the tables and stay in power, but there are challenges and these challenges need a strong game plan with not just big promises but actual work on the ground to win the trust of the general public in America. Are the Democratic Party's days numbered? Will Trump's party swing back sooner than expected? To understand Biden's worries and the challenges faced by his party, let's take a look at the key issues in the 2022 midterms.