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In the electoral battle that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will almost inevitably fight in the United States for the White House this November, places like the town of The Plains, in Fauquier County in Virginia, form the line of forehead. Hinge electoral constituencies in hinge states. They are the places where the key votes are found that will tilt the final result to one side or the other. And where, today, only one thing is clear: although they have won decisively on this Super Tuesday, none of the candidates are completely convincing.
“People are not very motivated…both candidates have their flaws,” admitted Susan, a Republican volunteer handing out leaflets at the entrance to Coleman Elementary School, in a rural area on the outskirts of The Plains where locals along of the road advertise horse feed and agrotourism proposals. The influx “is less this time than four years ago,” this retiree considered.
The peculiar system of American presidential elections means that in most states, the winner takes all the electoral votes, regardless of their margin of victory, whether by a single vote or by an overwhelming majority. This means that, although all votes are equal in theory, in practice some are more equal than others. Voting Republican in a State with a large Democratic majority like California, or voting Democratic in a Republican one like Texas, is a laudable democratic gesture, but it does not serve to tip the balance. Only a handful of states are competitive, with very close majorities. In them—in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona…— every vote counts. And the parties fight to get every vote.
Virginia is one of those States. Traditionally a Republican bastion, in the last two decades it has been leaning towards the Democratic side in the presidential elections, which it has supported in every presidential election since 2008. Broadly speaking, an urbanized north, which has the federal government and the defense industry like some of its great economic engines, it votes blue (the Democratic color); the rural south maintains its conservative positions. And the line where both realities come face to face passes through Fauquier, a lifelong Republican county, but where the margins by which that party prevails have been reduced in the last presidential elections. This Super Tuesday saw a trickle of voters at their polling stations.
Of them, those who agreed to reveal their vote were divided almost equally between supporters of Biden and his predecessor. Few declared themselves enthusiastic regarding his election: an echo of surveys that find that 70% of Americans would prefer that this November’s electoral battle not once once more feature Biden and Trump. Someone confessed that, following voting for the Republican in 2016, he had voted for the Democrat in 2020, and was now returning to the Trumpist fold. Someone else admitted that, following years of voting red, he was now blue “to death.”
“I voted for Trump, and I’m going to do it once more in November,” said Sheila, another retired woman, following leaving the polling station. “When he was president he did what he said he would do, close the border, make energy prices reasonable. “I don’t like going shopping anymore, every time I go the prices have gone up.” But he also admitted that, although he “loves this country, and he loves us,” his candidate “does not have the best personality in the world.”
Giselle Mancioni, a former real estate agent, was also leaning towards the former president. “He is the strongest candidate in the race,” he said, expressing his hope that he will solve what he considers the main American problems: the progress of the economy – a widespread complaint among Republican supporters, despite an economic growth of 3.2 % and an unemployment rate of 3.5%—and crime. But his enthusiasm ended there. Almost immediately, and regarding the 91 charges in four trials that Trump faces, he acknowledged that “honestly, I would prefer that the Republican candidate be someone else, but at this point he is the clear winner, so I am not going to change my mind.”
Democratic voters in Fauquier County, by contrast, have very different priorities heading into November. This bloc alludes to the need to defend the democratic system and freedoms as its great motivation for supporting Biden.
“Democracy is in danger. And if we, the people, do not manage to get her out of this hole, this country will no longer be the country of the people. It will not be the same country, nor the same world in which we live. My fear is that if the other candidate wins, we will never have elections once more. Not like you are, open. I fear he will turn this country into his playground,” said Gail Rainbow. “That’s why Biden is my candidate,” said this former Republican voter who is still registered as such on the electoral roll. But, while declaring her support, she acknowledged that the president’s age, and his public lapses, “are a concern.”
Another Biden voter, who did not want to identify herself by name, was also not particularly passionate regarding her selection and limited herself to mentioning in her favor that she likes her Government. “I vote for him, mainly, because I don’t like the Republican candidate. I come from a lifelong Republican family, I’ve always voted Republican… but now I can’t vote Republican. “The Republican party has left me out.”
Among those who went to the school to cast their vote, one name was conspicuous by its absence: that of Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and Trump’s only rival until this Super Tuesday, in which he once once more accumulated defeats and only managed to win the election. State of Vermont. Only one person, a woman who was running towards her vehicle, acknowledged having marked the ballot with her name: “In November I will vote for Biden. But today I did it for Haley.” Because? “Because she wanted to poke Trump in the eye.” This Wednesday, Haley announced that she was withdrawing from the Republican race and cleared the way for Trump.
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the essentials Will the few changes in the French XV be enough to make it undergo its post-World Cup transformation and place it positively in the near and distant future? Elements of response this Sunday March 10, following the meeting in Cardiff (4 p.m., 4th day).
Since, until then, the only French success was away, in Scotland, through a “video test” refused to the Scots, the French supporter will allow himself to dream of a second success for the French outside of their bases. With this paradox in sight: playing for second place in the Tournament in a week thanks to a victory once morest England.
It would then be rather well paid considering the lesson learned once morest Ireland, the half-success in Scotland and the half-defeat once morest Italy, in Lille.
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But much more than two successes once morest the Welsh and English which would allow Fabien Galthié to get closer to his winning percentage, it is more of a sign that we are waiting for. A sign for the future. To claim to win the next Tournament where you will have to travel to Ireland and England. And a sign for the more distant deadline constituted by the World Cup in 2027 in Australia.
It’s a long way off, you might say, but it’s with this perspective that we want to read the changes made in the XV of France. Because the coach must find the men of tomorrow today. Even if Fabien Galthié’s initial wish was to keep his group at 80%. To enter the Millennium pitch, the latter has made the most changes to his team since taking control of the XV of France.
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Coincidence of cycles, certain changes are today dictated by circumstances with the suspension of Danty and the injury of Jalibert. The latter even got the better of Lucu, already in the hot seat; Galthié then had less difficulty separating the Bordeaux hinge.
The Ramos solution at the opening has already proven itself at the opening and Depoortère has earned his stripes thanks to an already successful season at the center of the UBB attack. Rod ? To have ? The rest is a Flament – Meafou team in the minds of the staff before the Tournament even if we have some doubts regarding the “fund” of the two Toulouse residents who have just resumed. Without forgetting the return of the indispensable Alldritt.
So yes, men but for what game? Here too, Fabien Galthié will not be able to avoid a mini-revolution. That of the game. In decline since the start of the event. The first period once morest Italy might have masked this aspect if a glaring lack of accuracy had not left Italy in the race and France in doubt.
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In the end, there is always frustration. Content, always content. Fabien Galthié pleads the bad times: “We will soon be better. We are going through a difficult period. It’s hard. We are not satisfied. We must not believe that with 80% victories, everything was easy. There had some tough times, but it was tough. We’re in a cycle where we’re not at our level. We’re in a period of resilience.”
With new players, will it be time for a breath of fresh air in Cardiff? While waiting for the answer, Fabien Galthié can still rely on old statistics. The coach has always beaten Wales in the Tournament, even if in Cardiff, it was always fair (27-23 in 2020 and 13-9 in 2022).
The trend: Wales 45% – France 55%
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A forward and a defender. In a team designed and built to enhance the midfielders, precisely because its coach is considered one of the best midfielders in history, in Xavi Hernández’s Barcelona, the winger Lamine Yamal (16 years old) and the central Pau Cubarsí (17). “Pau’s hierarchy and Lamine’s goal,” Xavi highlighted following the victory, his fifth, to which were added three other draws since the Barça coach announced his goodbye for June. “Cubarsí is intelligent. He knows when to crash and when not to. He hasn’t lost a single duel. Spectacular. In the pause, in what he generates from behind… It doesn’t look like he’s 17 years old,” the coach praised the youth player. “I am very happy for the victory and for the clean sheet,” added Lamine on the night that Ter Stegen turned 400 games as a Barça player.
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Ter Stegen, Íñigo Martínez, Pau Cubarsí, Cancelo, Koundé, A. Christensen, Raphinha (Fermín López, min. 37), Gündogan (Oriol Romeu, min. 86), Lamine Yamal, João Félix (Vitor Roque, min. 61) and Marc Guiu (Lewandowski, min. 61)
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Predrag Rajkovic, Copete (Radonjic, 82 mins), Nastasic, Lato (Jaume Costa, 70 mins), Raillo, Giovanni Gonzalez, Darder (Antonio Sanchez, 70 mins), Samuel Costa, Manu Morlanes (Dani, 61 mins). ), Muriqi and Cyle Larin (Abdon Prats, min. 82)
Goals 1-0 min. 73: Lamine Yamal.
Referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva
Yellow cards Íñigo Martínez (min. 52) and Samuel Costa (min. 85)
“I tried to pin the full-back and as they left me space I looked for the shot. Scoring a goal with our fans in front is always a dream,” added the winger, voted best player of the match. “I try to give my best, I don’t care who is in front of me, I go 200%, I don’t flinch and I try to do my best. People shouting my name? I have listened to them, it is a pride that the club of your life recognizes what you are doing,” Cubarsí added. Youth eclipses experience, including midfielders.
In the engine room, Gündogan, 32, was left alone. And Xavi likes (or so he says) to play with four midfielders. “The whole team benefits, we lose fewer balls. They are more responsible,” he usually argues. Against Mallorca, the German was the only midfielder who took the field. And Barcelona suffered from it: Gündogan appeared near Ter Stegen’s area to help get the ball out, he also went close to Rajkovic’s area, never as close to the Mallorcan team’s goalkeeper as when he choked on the penalty that Copete had committed once morest him. to Raphinha, signaled late following the intervention of the VAR.
“It wasn’t a game of ten, twelve or fifteen times. The penalty thing was a shame,” said Xavi. The Brazilian striker was precisely one of those who played alongside Gündogan in the midfield; and the third midfielder was a defender, Christensen. Xavi, then, forgot to play with four midfielders and recovered the 4-3-3, with João Félix as the left winger.
When it came to making the starting eleven, the coach was affected by injuries – Pedri and De Jong were injured during the previous match, in San Mamés – as well as personal messages. The first, for the usual one: Vitor Roque. The Barça coach, every time he can, makes it clear that he did not ask the Brazilian. On the eve of the match once morest Naples for a place in the Champions League quarterfinals, Xavi once once more opted for Marc Guiu to replace Lewandowski, initially on the bench, to take care of his legs ahead of Tuesday’s duel once morest the Neapolitans.
“If he wins it, he will participate and play, like everyone else,” said the coach in the run-up to the duel once morest Mallorca. Xavi’s second message was for Fermín López. The youth player had not played a good game once morest Athletic and opted for Raphinha. But the winger did not last long on the field. “I have asked him [al brasileño] and he told me it was just the blow. “Everyone who was once morest Naples today will be there,” confirmed the coach.
With four midfielders or with three, Barcelona continues in the same dynamic of the season. “I think it is the tone of the entire course. The effectiveness marks a suffered game for us. Today it was difficult to attack that line of five. The center backs jump very well. It is difficult to generate. I am always optimistic, despite the situation we are in. This victory gives us confidence and morale. It seems like it’s not important, but it is. We need the fans for Tuesday’s game,” Xavi analyzed. And, as always since he announced he was leaving at the end of the season, he recalled: “The team has improved since I said I was leaving. It’s not by chance”.