Will Trump lose the Senate in the midterms?

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential for Democrats to flip the Senate in the upcoming midterms and the implications of Trump losing control of the upper chamber.

Democrats think they can flip the Senate blue in November, and they’re hoping a group of interesting characters will help them do it. This week, Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jonathan Martin of Politico to discuss the chances of such an upset and what it would mean for the president to lose the upper chamber

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Freedland

Guest: Jonathan Martin

Topics covered

• midterm elections
• Senate
• Democrats
• Trump
• political analysis

Keywords

• Trump
• Senate
• midterms
• Democrats
• politics
• Jonathan Freedland
• Jonathan Martin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Politico

Places: Senate, Democrats, November

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