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Argentine midterms could make president a ‘lame duck’

Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa on stage before supporters of the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentine President Alberto Fernández, center, stands with candidates with the ruling party Front for Everyone at their campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At far right is Victoria Tolosa Paz, congressional candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Leandro Santoro, congressional candidate for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, fist bumps lawmaker Sergio Massa as Argentine President Alberto Fernández, right, and Gisela Marziotta, candidate for legislator for Buenos Aires, stand before supporters at the ruling party Front for Everyone campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Candidates with the Together for Change opposition coalition celebrate with former President Mauricio Macri at the campaign headquarters after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Maria Eugenia Vidal, who is running for legislator for the city of Buenos Aires, second from left, celebrates with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, third from left, at the campaign headquarters for the Together for Change opposition coalition after polls closed for midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. At left is Paula Oliveto and at right is Martin Tetaz, both candidates for Buenos Aires lawmakers. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Chairs for voters stand in the playground of a school during legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A woman casts her vote holding a baby during legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A man casts his vote in midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A man leaves carries his ballot to cast his vote in midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A soldier guards a polling station during midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A woman votes in midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A man carries his ballot to cast his vote in midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Voters wait their turn to cast their vote at a polling station during mid term legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A man looks for his name in electoral rolls at a polling station during mid term legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Election workers tell a voter where to line up before entering a voting booth during midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017d. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Ballots sit on a table inside a room during midterm legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Electoral observers representing the different political parties check that everything is correct at the voting station during legislative elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)