US midterms: Six burning questions after Democrat demolition of Republicans

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A campaign expert, who previously served in the Biden-Harris White House, has detailed what the blue tsunami means as attention turns to the 2028 presidential race.

Disastrous midterm results will end Donald Trump’s longshot, “unconstitutional” dream of a third term as President and trigger major “soul searching” among a Republican Party needing to pick up the pieces in the race to the 2028 election, an experienced campaign expert says.

The smoke continues to clear on this week’s “historic outcome” that massively shifted the balance of power in Washington towards the Democrats.

Cory Alpert — a PhD researcher at the University of Melbourne who previously served in the Biden-Harris White House for three years and as a senior adviser to former Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin in South Carolina — described the results as a “near-complete repudiation” of Trump’s agenda.

He said voters had punished anyone with close ties to the President, “including in seats that no one expected to be competitive”.

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