Political scientist Yascha Mounk analyzes the mood before the US midterm elections in the podcast 'The Politics Part'.
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The US midterms will take place on November 3rd and are seen as a test of sentiment for the incumbent government.
The US will vote on November 3rd, and shortly before these midterms things are looking bleak for President Donald Trump and his Republicans.
This week in The Politics Section we speak with Yascha Mounk, political scientist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, author and podcaster.
Mounk explains why the mood test could become a reckoning with the president and why he himself is more optimistic today than he was 15 months ago. Mounk says: It's not all about Donald Trump anymore. And he explains why, unlike 10 years ago, Homer Simpson would vote for Trump today and not the Democrats.
In the podcast The Politics Part we talk every week about what moves politics, explain the background and discuss connections. Every Friday, with two presenters and a guest – and a noise. Ileana Grabitz and Peter Dausend or Tina Hildebrandt and Heinrich Wefing alternate as hosts.
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