Guardian Australia · US midterm elections 2026

Trump’s billionaire-blue collar coalition has been smashed by class politics | Aditya Chakrabortty

· By Adityachakrabortty
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As tech bosses get richer and ordinary Americans struggle, Democrats put the case against the US’s grotesque unfairness – and voters responded Remember the “vibe shift”? Just last year, columnists and corporate boardrooms alike declared that the second coming of Donald Trump meant the old rules of politics and even …

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