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The Inquiry: Are the US Democrats in big trouble?

Cop26: Joe Biden

02/12/2021 GMT

Are the US Democrats in big trouble?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Are the US Democrats in big trouble?

The election of a Republican as Governor of Virginia sends a message to President Biden

The election of a Republican as Governor of Virginia has sent a strong message to President Biden. Tanya Beckett asks if it means the Democrats are in big trouble.

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)

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