The issues that drove voters' decisions in the midterms
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- PBS NewsHour reports: “For a deeper dive into the election data and why people voted the way they did, Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz spoke with Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report.”
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