What's at stake in the US midterm elections?
As further extraordinary revelations about the Trump administration keep emerging, David Aaronovitch asks: why do November's US midterm elections matter?
November's midterm elections in the US are the first chance for voters across the country to pass judgement on President Trump's administration since the 2016 election.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs and a third of the Senate. If the Democrats win control of the House, they would not only be in a position to halt President's Trump's legislative agenda; they would also be able, should they wish, to start impeachment proceedings.
On The Briefing Room this week David Aaronovitch asks what's at stake in these elections and how the outcome will reshape the American political landscape two years before the next Presidential election in 2020.
CONTRIBUTORS
Ken Goldstein, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco
Elena Schneider, campaign reporter for Politico
Elaine Kamarck, senior fellow in the governance studies programme at the Brookings Institution
Jeff Lazarus, associate professor of political science at Georgia State University
Larry Sabato, founder and director of the University of Virginia鈥檚 Center for Politics
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