Democrats have swept key US midterm races, flipping long-held Republican seats and securing a majority in the House and Senate. The results are a wipeout for president Donald Trump’s Republican party and a rejection of his policies.
As formally red states fell to the Democrats, it’s been called a blue wave or a “bluenami” but what will it mean for how the US is governed in the next two years? How will
US foreign policy be impacted? And what might it mean for the next presidential election?
Scott Lucas, professor of international politics at UCD’s Clinton Institute, explains.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon and Andrew McNair.
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