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US politics19 October 2026

USSC Briefing Room | State of the 2026 midterms with Larry Sabato and Bruce Wolpe

In this special episode, Larry Sabato and Bruce Wolpe discuss everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 US midterm elections.
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Dr Larry Sabato

DirectorCenter of Politics at the University of Virginia
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Bruce Wolpe

Non-Resident Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre

The US midterm elections in just a couple of weeks will be the first real test of how Trump 2.0 is playing out with voters. In the lead up to the election, USSC recorded a special discussion between Dr Larry Sabato, Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia and USSC Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe for a live event.

What are the key races to watch? How will Trump’s approval ratings impact the results? Could the polls all be wrong again?

Larry and Bruce discuss these questions and everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The full video with slides is available on our YouTube channel and follow Sabato’s Crystal Ball for updated predictions.

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Produced by: Elliott Brennan

Music by Dan Phillipson, licensed through PremiumBeat