Democrats Gain Momentum ahead of Midterms

About this episode

The episode discusses the momentum gained by Democrats ahead of the midterm elections with insights from political strategists and commentators.

Political strategist Rina Shah; MS NOW Contributor Inzamam Rashid; MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin; “The Things They Carried” author Tim O’Brien

People in this episode

Host: Ali Velshi

Guests: Rina Shah, Inzamam Rashid, Lisa Rubin, Tim O’Brien

Topics covered

• midterm elections
• political strategy
• Democratic Party
• voter turnout
• political commentary

Keywords

• midterms
• Democrats
• political strategy
• elections
• voter turnout

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Organizations: MS NOW

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