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November Election Unlikely To End Political Stalemate In Washington

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Political analysts predict that the November elections will  not help relieve the partisan stalemate currently impeding the progress in the country.

With  the midterm elections only two months away, the United States is in full campaign mode, in what analysts predict will be an election that will not end the deadlock in Washington but will drive the parties further apart.

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The Democrats, who lost the congressional race in 2010, still show no sign of reclaiming control of the House in the November elections.

Analysts are predicting that the congressional election will be in favor of Republicans, with a lead of not more than 10 seats.

Besides the congressional positions, Senate seats are also up for grabs, where Republicans are expecting to take over the once Democratic-run Senate, according to the Los Angeles Times.

However, analysts said that even if the Republican Party seizes control of the Senate, the margin is expected to be slim. This puts the GOP in the position to thwart the agenda of Democrats and the president.

Veteran Democratic strategist Paul Maslin told the LA Times that having a "lame-duck president" and a Congress run by the opposition will not be productive and is not a "recipe for success." Malsin, however, agreed with other analysts about midterm elections resulting in a continuing gridlock and partisan division.

The partisan stalemate is bound to lead to a "government shutdown," according tot he Huffington Post.

Due to the division in congress, new legislations are not passed and federal funding are not given to government sects because the congress does not agree on one course of action.

Considering the existing state of affairs in the country fueled by the geopolitical tension in the world, analysts describe the upcoming elections as "paradoxical."

Amid the political division and districts preferring one party over the other, voters are in a state of "political disinterest" and are expected to sit out the November elections.

The Wall Street Journal and NBC conducted a survey in August which showed that despite a surge in the country's economy, Americans are unhappy about  the country's direction.

The survey showed that over 70 percent of adults are discontented with the current state of affairs and 80 percent expect the future generation of Americans to experience worse.

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