What Next for the Democrats?

The Briefing Room

• Episode: What Next for the Democrats?
• Website: The Briefing Room
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• Duration: 00:28:28
• Published: 2017-12-28 21:30

A year on from their shock defeat in the US presidential elections, David Aaronovitch asks how the US Democratic party is responding to Donald Trump's Presidency and assesses some of the challenges which lie ahead. What new policies is the party developing? Who are the potential presidential candidates waiting in the wings? And can the college-educated elite which dominate the party win back support from America's white working class who gravitated towards Donald Trump in such significant numbers? CONTRIBUTORS Jon Sopel, the BBC's North America Editor Dr Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia Joan C Williams, author of the White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America