Bolt from the blue: Democrats hold the Senate

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🗓️ 14 November 2022

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America’s upper legislative chamber remains in Democrats’ hands; they may even expand their majority. We explain what that means for the Biden administration, and why Democrats outperformed expectations. President Biden’s biggest foreign-policy headaches involve China; we ask what to expect from his first in-person meeting with President Xi Jinping. And we introduce our new China-focused podcast, “Drum Tower.” For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
0:06.7	In London, I'm Jason Palmer.
0:08.7	And in New York, I'm John Fassin.
0:11.6	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:18.7	Ahead of the G20 meeting, Xi Jinping and Joe Biden are having a much anticipated sit-down
0:24.5	today.
0:25.5	They're first as presidents.
0:27.2	Don't expect big breakthroughs though.
0:29.4	The first step is establishing anything of a rapport before they can tackle the geopolitics.
0:36.8	And the stakes of that meeting between Xi and Biden are a reminder that it's never
0:40.9	been more important to understand China.
0:43.9	The Economist has a new podcast designed to help listeners do just that.
0:48.6	We'll introduce it to you today.
0:55.8	We'll start up though.
1:01.4	And of course it's a big day.
1:02.4	So let's get right to the midterm elections.
1:04.6	And so far some of the races haven't turned out the way many predicted.
1:08.8	The day after Americans went to the polls last week, it was clear that Republicans had
1:13.4	underperformed expectations, but not by how much.
1:17.4	Democrats overall are doing much better than expected.
1:20.6	Because counting the votes can take days in some states, control of Congress remained
1:27.8	unknown.
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