Are the US Democrats in big trouble?

The Inquiry

• Episode: Are the US Democrats in big trouble?
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• Duration: 00:24:02
• Published: 2021-12-02 09:30

When voters in Virginia elected a Republican as Governor they sent a wake-up call to President Biden and the Democrats. The handling of the pandemic and rising prices are harming the party’s standing, while a move towards radical liberalism is also alienating some voters. So how likely is defeat at next year’s mid-term elections? Tanya Beckett asks if the Democrats are in big trouble.

Contributors: Sarah Baxter, former deputy editor, writer Sunday Times Thomas Edsall, adjunct professor, Columbia University Larry Sabato, professor of politics, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics Robert Schlesinger, president, Schlesinger Communications

Presenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Sheila Cook Researcher: Chris Blake

(Photo: President Biden at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow)