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US midterms: Where are the key battlegro...

The New Statesman
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On 3 November, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections.


We will be publishing one episode a week for the next three weeks, every Wednesday, taking in the lead up and results.


In this first episode, we ask: Where are the key battlegrounds these elections will be fought?


US correspondent Freddie Hayward is joined by the NS’s senior data journalist, Ben Walker, political scientist Lisa Bryant and New York Times White House reporter Shawn McCreesh.

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