International elections signal political shifts ahead of US midterms

Brazil just re-elected their president. Israel is casting their ballots tomorrow and Americans head to the polls in eight days. All right, Fox 5's Sharon Crowley takes a look at this busy season of elections around the world. Sharon. Yeah, it certainly is intense, Steve and Natasha, as we prepare to vote in the midterm elections next week here in the U.S. Election results in countries around the world are being watched very closely. In some recent races, international voters choosing a change in leadership and a change in the style of governing. In Brazil, the more liberal candidate's victory is already facing a challenge from the conservative candidate who lost. President Lula da Silva defeated Senator Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro was supported by President Trump. Now, in Serbia, a longstanding populist leader supported by Russia goes down at the ballot box as Serbians, as you can see, celebrate a political change. Crowds in Belgrade waving flags there and cheering the election victory. And Israeli voters are deciding tomorrow whether to grant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu another term in office or usher in a new era of Israeli politics three years after Hamas-led attacks that triggered the war in Gaza on October 7th. This is also an election between authoritarianism and democracy, which is how I think a lot of these elections will be processed. Hungary, Serbia and Brazil clearly suggest that there is meaningful pushback to this kind of right-wing populist ascendancy, which we've seen globally in many countries. So this is, to me, a significant trend. Now, is two countries a trend? I don't know. We have a fair amount of uncertainty regarding Israel, I think. We don't really know what's going to happen there at all. Well, here in the U.S., Democrats are hoping to regain control of Congress with the outcome of the midterms next week. Now, the outcome next week could also be seen as a referendum on President Trump's agenda. He's been crisscrossing the country, campaigning and asking voters to pretend that he's on the ballot to try to boost turnout. And we'll be watching it for you, Natasha. All right.