The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said in statements to the website:Axios“, that the Republicans, to which he belongs, maintained the majority in the Council because of their focus on issues that are among the citizens’ priorities, “such as the economy and border security, in contrast to the Democrats’ focus on the abortion issue.”
He said that the Democrats’ campaign was “focused entirely on abortion” and that they “continuously ran ads on that issue in all major forums,” claiming that this “did not reflect people’s interests.”
Johnson noted that he discovered, during his tours in many major cities, that people are “focused on the economy, border security, global challenges, and rising crime rates,” which he considered “the biggest motivator for voters.”
Victory and defeat…images from the atmosphere of Trump and Harris’ speeches
In a speech by US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, she pledged to peacefully transfer power to her Republican rival, Donald Trump, after the great victory he achieved in the race for the White House.
He considered that the Democrats “misunderstood voters’ priorities.”
Opinion polls conducted by the American network NBC showed that the most important issues for voters were the economy and the state of democracy, while only 14 percent of voters indicated that abortion was the main driver of their votes.
US stocks rose strongly to close at record levels, on Wednesday, after Trump won the presidential elections, according to Reuters.
The Republicans’ victory led to a rise in trading betting on Trump’s policies, which led to a sharp rise in US Treasury bond yields, and the rise of benchmark 10-year bond yields to the highest level in four months at 4.479 percent.
Stocks that are likely to perform well in Trump’s second term rose, as Trump Media and Technology Group shares rose, and Tesla shares jumped, after CEO Elon Musk supported Trump’s election campaign.