The United States: Political Developments and Data in 2022

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research. Political data yearbook, Band 62, Heft 1, S. 536-545

Abstract

AbstractAmerican political life in 2022 was dominated by three major events. First, the trials of individuals arrested in the aftermath of the 6 January 2021 storming of the Capitol and the televised hearings of the committee of the House of Representatives focusing on the actions and inactions of Donald Trump in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and fomenting the insurrection. Second, the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade and ending federal guarantees of reproductive rights. Third, the 2022 congressional election and the failure of the expected Republican wave to materialize.