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The US midterm elections are being billed as a referendum on Trump, but it's not that simple

  • Written by Brendon O'Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
The US midterm elections are being billed as a referendum on Trump, but it's not that simpleWes Mountain/The Conversation , CC BY-ND

From afar, the US midterm elections might seem to be all about Donald Trump, and there is some truth to this. The man, as has been the case for some years now, is unavoidable.

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