{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/6ad8dcdeca668e65a485ed7d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"US midterms: Where are the key battlegrounds?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1792597696609-2af343d0-95d3-46b0-9b3d-1d6de73ad13a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On 3 November, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections.</p><p><br></p><p>We will be publishing one episode a week for the next three weeks, every Wednesday, taking in the lead up and results.</p><p><br></p><p>In this first episode, we ask: Where are the key battlegrounds these elections will be fought?</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}