Some are blaming President Joe Biden for the defeat of Kamala Harris, who only had four months to run her campaign.
The list of critiques is long – from not dropping out of the race sooner, to a perceived disconnection with working-class and male voters.
At the polls, the economy, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and a surge in irregular immigration all played a role.
So what does this mean for the Democratic Party?
And will this decisive defeat force it to reassess some of its policies?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Guests:
Stephen Zunes – Professor of politics and founding chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco
Andrew Rudalevitch – Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government at Bowdoin College
Scott Lucas – Professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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