Trump Turns Midterms from Referendum Into a Choice

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Julian Zelizer: Midterm elections used to be a referendum on the incumbent president. But because of Donald Trump, that may not be the case this year, he says. He says since Trump came on the scene, elections are louder and angrier and have drawn millions more Americans to the polls. Zelizer says this November's election will still be a reckoning for President Joe Biden and the Democrats.

Published 5 months ago · Washington, United States

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Stars and Stripes

Trump is turning the midterms from a referendum into a choice

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