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Sam Power, Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol

Democrats are raising far more money than Republicans in the US midterms campaign – here’s why that matters

For anyone even remotely interested in US politics, the midterm elections are the only game in town at the moment. In fact, there has already been plenty of ink spilled about what a “blue wave” landslide for the Democrats might mean for Trump and Trumpism – and how likely that outcome even is.

If polling is anything to go by, prospects are looking increasingly grim for the Republicans. But I want to take a minute to point to a secondary data source which supports this – money.

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