Politologe Yascha Mounk analysiert im Podcast 'Das Politikteil' die Stimmung vor den US-Zwischenwahlen.
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Die US-Midterms finden am 3. November statt und gelten als Stimmungstest für die amtierende Regierung.
Am 3. November wählen die USA, und kurz vor diesen Midterms sieht es finster aus für Präsident Donald Trump und seine Republikaner.
In Das Politikteil sprechen wir diese Woche mit Yascha Mounk, Politologe an der Johns Hopkins Universität in Baltimore, Senior Fellow am Council on Foreign Relations, Autor und Podcaster.
Mounk erklärt, warum der Stimmungstest zur Abrechnung mit dem Präsidenten werden könnte und er selbst heute optimistischer ist als noch vor 15 Monaten. Mounk sagt: Es dreht sich nicht mehr alles um Donald Trump. Und er erklärt, warum Homer Simpson anders als vor 10 Jahren heute Trump und nicht die Demokraten wählen würde.
Im Podcast Das Politikteil sprechen wir jede Woche über das, was die Politik bewegt, erklären Hintergründe und diskutieren Zusammenhänge. Immer freitags, mit zwei Moderatoren und einem Gast – und einem Geräusch. Im Wechsel sind als Gastgeber Ileana Grabitz und Peter Dausend oder Tina Hildebrandt und Heinrich Wefing zu hören.

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