The triumph of Joe Biden’s victory fades away, giving way to the realization that the consensus in the Democratic Party is no longer valid.
Four years ago, the split on the left and the center, the Democratic Party put aside feuds to unite against then-victorious Donald Trump, writes The Guardian. When the goal was achieved, Joe Biden’s proclamation as president-elect was celebrated with parties, car parades and White House rallies with Biden Harris posters. This success alone marked the end of the shaky ceasefire, which for several years distracted from the deep ideological split of the oldest US party.
Now Democrats will have to pay the price for abandoning major domestic crises and planning for the future of their party with the idea of ousting Trump. This resulted in conflicting parliamentary election results. In fact, Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives and failed to gain control of the Senate.
“What is clear is that voters did not feel comfortable giving Democrats all the leverage of power”, – said Lana Erickson, vice president of social policy at the centrist think tank Third Way.
Biden plans to promote economic policies similar to Roosevelt’s New Deal. In his speech, Biden said his victory gave him a “mandate to act” on the economy, pandemic, climate and racial inequality. But the breadth and boundaries of this mandate are highly questionable, The Guardian notes.