The U.S. Senate races Canadians should be watching
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The U.S. Senate races Canadians should be watching

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 3, 202622 min
  • Politics

It's a day the U.S. Democrats have been waiting for, and one that's been keeping Republicans up at night. Americans will head to the polls to vote in the 2026 midterm election to determine who will makeup the U.S. Congress. Preliminary polls show the Democrats are positioned to successfully flip the House of Representatives, while the race for the Senate remains more contested. Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Robert Speel, a political science and public administration professor at Penn State Behrend College and Toronto Metropolitan University. The two discuss key races to watch out fo...

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Frequency podcast network. Stories that matter. Podcasts that resonate. American voters head to the polls today in consequential midterm elections that could hinge on voters' frustration with the rising cost of living and by extension Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada. The president is under pressure to address affordability and inflation

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in the U.S., which I'm told unequivocally are top of mind for voters in these midterms. As a result, the trade war has come up as an issue in some of the country's most competitive races. Trump has even name-dropped Canada while campaigning on behalf of Republicans put in

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peril by his tariff policies. All bets are off as Americans determine control of Congress for the final two years of Trump's second presidency, with Canada on the minds of some of them as they cast their ballots. I'm Karen Seolan covering the midterms from Washington, D.C.

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