5 Nov 2022

Katty Kay: is democracy on the ballot at US midterms?

From Saturday Morning, 8:10 am on 5 November 2022
US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally at McKenzie Arena, in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 4, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

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BBC Correspondent Katty Kay

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Americans go to the polls next week for their midterm elections. At stake is the balance of power within the House of Representatives and the Senate. But more fundamentally - as the first elections since the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection - these midterms are being seen as a critical test of the democracy and electoral systems in the US. 

BBC Correspondent Katty Kay has been road tripping across the swing states to get a sense of what’s on voter’s minds. She shares her discoveries in the documentary Trump: The Comeback?