Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili uDonald Trump ekhethiwe, abavoti baseMelika baphinde bavotela ngomhlaka 6 Novemba ukhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka.
Kulokhu bakhetha amalungu amasha eCongress, kodwa indlela abavota ngayo ingaba nomthelela endleleni obunye ubumongameli bukaMnu.
Uma ufuna ukuthola okwengeziwe, sicela uchofoze ku-.
Ubani okhethwayo?
Ngomhla ziyisi-6 kuLwezi abavoti baseMelika bazokhetha amalungu eNdlu yabaMeli kanye neSenate, okuhlangene abizwa ngeCongress.
Zombili lezi zindlu zeCongress okwamanje zilawulwa yi-Republican Party, esekela uMongameli uDonald Trump.
AmaDemocrats acabanga ukuthi anganqoba iHouse of Representatives kulo nyaka ngokuwina izihlalo eziningi.
Ukwenza kanjalo kungabavumela ukuthi bavimbe noma babambezele izinhlelo zikamengameli ngokwenqaba ukuzishaya.
Zonke izihlalo ezingama-435 zeNdlu yabaMeli zizokhethwa.
Uma amaDemocrats efuna ukulawula iNdlu ngokuba nezihlalo eziningi, kuzomele afune okungenani ezingama-23 kumaRiphabhulikhi.
Lokho kungase kungabi nzima. Inani elikhulu lamaRiphabhulikhi lishiya iNdlu kulo nyaka, ngakho-ke kuningi okusemoyeni.
Impi yeSenate, nayo njengamanje elawulwa amaRiphabhulikhi, kuzofaneleka ukuthi ibhekwe. Lapho, zingu-35 kwezingu-100 ezibangwayo.
Manje-ke bekuzokwenzekani uma amaRiphabhlikhi ebambe iSenethi, kepha amaDemocrats athi iNdlu yabaMeli?
Ngamafuphi: i-gridlock.
Ingozi yokuvalwa kukahulumeni ingakhula kakhulu njengoba izingxenye zikahulumeni ezincintisanayo zingakwazi ukuvumelana.
Pho ubani ozowina?
Uma ukholelwa ekuvoteni kwemibono, bathi amaDemocrats aphambili ezindaweni eziningi.
Futhi abanye ochwepheshe bacabanga ukuthi kulo nyaka kungase kube nokhetho olubizwa ngokuthi amagagasi, amaDemocrats azozuza izihlalo ezinkulu.
Zonke izimpawu kusukela esikhathini esedlule zibheke ekuhlulweni kukaMongameli uTrump.
Izilinganiso eziphansi zikaMongameli uTrump okhethweni zingaphazamisa ukusekelwa kwabangenele ukhetho lwamaRepublican futhi kunike amaDemocrats amandla.
Futhi masingakhohlwa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “i-pink wave”. Kulo nyaka, baningi abesifazane abangenele ukhetho kunangaphambili.
Kunezizathu eziningi esibona abesifazane abaningi begijima.
Abanye abangenele ukhetho bathi kuzovala ukuhlulwa kuka-Hillary Clinton ngo-2016, kodwa ukucasulwa yimigomo kamengameli yiyona nto evame kakhulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukwesekwa kweRiphabhulikhi kungase kuqhubeke ngoba umnotho wase-US wenza kahle.
Kusho ukuthini konke ngoMongameli Trump?
I-White House kaDonald Trump ihlaselwe amahlazo ngokulandelana.
Kuze kube manje, amaDemocrat aholayo akugweme ukukhuluma ngokukhululekile ngokususa uMongameli uTrump noma ukumphoqa ukuthi asule.
Kodwa uma lokhu kwenzeka, iningi lamalungu eNdlu yabaMeli kuzofanele livotele ukuxoshwa.
Kwakuzokwenzekani ngokulandelayo? Umongameli uzobe esequliswa icala yiSenethi ngamacala "okuvukela umbuso, ukufumbathisa, noma amanye amacala aphezulu kanye nokungaziphathi kahle".
Uma iningi lezikhulu ezimbili kwezintathu limthola enecala, uMnu uTrump uzosuswa esikhundleni esikhundleni sakhe kube yiPhini likaMongameli uMike Pence.
Kungaba yinto enkulu kangakanani leyo? Hhayi-ke, akekho umengameli oseke wasuswa esikhundleni kusetshenziswa inqubo yokubekwa icala.
Umphumela okungenzeka ukuthi uzobona uMongameli uTrump ekhungathekile, neNdlu Yabamele elawulwa yiDemocratic Alliance ivimba izinhlelo zakhe.
Futhi kwenzekani ngokulandelayo?
Uma lolu khetho selwenziwe, imicabango iphendukela okhethweni lukamongameli olulandelayo ngo-2020.
Kanye nokhetho lweCongress ngomhlaka-6 Novemba, ababusi bezifunda abangama-36 kwabangama-50 bazokhethwa.
Kulabo abangama-36, abangama-26 bangamaRepublican.
Lapho imikhankaso kamongameli iqala, ababusi bavamise ukubamba iqhaza elikhulu ekusekeleni abameleli beqembu labo - ngokufuna abaxhasi noma ukuhlanganisa amavolontiya.
Ngakho-ke isivuno sababusi abasha maphakathi nemibandela singaba nomthelela omkhulu ekukhankasweni kukamongameli ngo-2019 nango-2020.
