{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec3d9497cef7479d2ef4798/6aeefe4d97f44ee248282fe8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NL Hafta 614 Snippet : Is MAGA Over? What the US Midterm Results Really Mean","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec3d9497cef7479d2ef4798/1794047502746-b6670142-0f88-4b7f-b4d8-2a5c6a38911e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Democrats won big in the US midterm elections, and some are already calling it the end of MAGA. </p><p><br></p><p>Joyojeet Pal, a professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, agrees with this claim, but adds that it is not the end of the conservative or far-right movement. He says the doubling of petrol prices and inflation hurt Trump with his own base, and that this was a vote against Trump rather than for the Democrats. Joyojeet also explains why the polls missed the scale of the win, what the US Congress can and cannot stop Trump from doing, and how voters expressed their anger at Big Tech by voting against data centres. </p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to watch the full conversation. </p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}