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US midterms hold two warnings for Albanese

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 06, 2026 • 07:06 AM
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The Labor government should take stock as it confronts a declining primary vote, higher inflation and community backlash to AI data centres.

US midterms hold two warnings for Albanese

The American midterms were an undeniable electoral drubbing for the Republicans and a repudiation of Donald Trump’s mismanagement of the economy, rising energy prices and the war with Iran.

Democrats are naturally riding high on the success of gaining control of both chambers of Congress, flipping traditionally red states such as Texas and South Carolina, and a White House effectively reduced to lame duck status. Still, a Democratic president in the Oval Office in 2029 is far from assured.

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