It was the busiest off-election year in recent memory.
But 2021, which is now fading into the rearview mirror, was a mere appetizer for 2022, which promises to be chock-full of primary and general election action on the campaign trail.
With the Democrats defending their razor-thin majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in the midterm elections and 36 states holding contests for governor, campaign politics will once again return to center stage after taking a brief respite from the spotlight in 2021.
What does or doesn’t get accomplished this year in the nation’s capital will weigh heavily on the outcome of November’s elections.
And throughout the new year, the early moves in the 2024 presidential race will intensify.
Here are six major political questions that will hover over 2022.
Democrats already faced historical headwinds heading into the midterm elections. But they’re also dealing with an unfavorable and, in some cases, downright hostile political environment.
Helping to fan the flames and fuel the decline in President Biden’s approval ratings has been the persistence of the coronavirus, the worst pandemic to sweep the globe in a century.
