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US Midterm Elections 2026
An opinion piece by Jonathan Smucker in Al Jazeera English argues that the 2026 US midterms produced a decisive rejection of Trumpism, but not necessarily a new embrace of the Democratic Party. Smucker contends that the rise of progressive economic populist candidates — culminating in Zohran Mamdani's New York mayoral victory and the Bernie Sanders–AOC 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour — has given Democrats a fresh chance to remake themselves as a party of the working class. He warns that if the party fails to deliver on affordability and working-class priorities, voters' anti-incumbent anger will likely return in the next cycle.