France, Nov. 10 -- The United States' Democratic Party make decisive gains in local elections last week, hinting at new political fault lines in an unsettled electorate. Political scientist Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia, a veteran observer of US elections, analyses the implications for the 2026 midterms.
The 4 November elections were the first major test of voter sentiment since President Donald Trump's re-electionand theturbulence that followed his second inauguration.
The early months of Trump's new term, marked by policy reversals, federal job cuts and social discord, have shifted the political mood.
Against this backdrop, left-winger Zohran Mamdani's surprise win in the New York mayoral race and Democratic advances in ...