AIBU to ask for help to understand the American Election resul

In summary there are a lot of racist, misogynistic Americans who are happy to turn a blind eye to felony and support sexual abusers.

Some not very nice people really.

I don't claim to be an expert but as I understand it they elect representatives to two law-making bodies, the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are more Representatives than Senators and the Senate is the upper chamber. Each state elects a certain number of each. Each state also has its own legislature and Governor, also elected, who decide laws that only apply in that state. The President is the Head of State, i.e. the most powerful person in the whole of the US (in theory). He can propose legislation but it has to be approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, and for as far back as I can remember that's been a problem for Democrat Presidents. Less of a problem for the Republicans as they have a majority of Senators (this time, anyway).

The Speaker of the House of Representatives would take over as President if both the President and the Vice-President died or otherwise became incapable of carrying on, so is a very important person indeed.

Re: the senate - In the US, 'parliament' is known as Congress. There are two parts.
One part, the senate, has 2 representatives per state. They serve a 3 year term so every year 33% of the senate comes up for re-election to keep things turning over (in theory).

The other part of Congress is the House of Representatives ('the House') This is decided by population of a state. So states with loads of residents (e.g. NY) are entitled to more representatives. The representatives come up for re-election every 2 years so there is turn over in the House but not at the same time/rate as in the senate.

Both groups, senators and representatives vote at the same time and with the same weight on proposals which might become laws, similar to votes in UK Parliament. And in the same way, congresspeople are encouraged by their parties (Democratic/Republican) to vote the party line.

In British terms your senator is your mp representing your constituency or in US terms your state.

The House of Representatives are your local councillors. In US terms your district.

In summary:

People have voted for Trump because they are struggling with the cost of living and are more interested in feeding their families than a war thousands of miles away. Trump will end aid to Ukraine and he’ll want his equipment back. Immigration is a huge issue with many high profile horrific crimes being committed by illegal migrants.

Kamala was more interested in providing gender reassignment surgery for prisoners and letting migrants cross the border in a free for all.

Also, could someone explain the senate etc in the simplest if terms ☺️🤭🤭

I want to understand this too but mainly because I know people in both camps. I don’t know any Trump supporters per se, but I have heard some say he was the least worst option. Something to do with the democratic process in the US?? But I don’t understand it and didn’t want to ask 😂

The economy and immigration.

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