People arrive at a polling location during early voting in the midterm election, in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 13, 2026. Photo by Erik S. Lesser/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Millions of Americans have already cast their votes early ahead of Tuesday's midterms. On this episode of The Sunday Story , NPR's senior political correspondent Tamara Keith discusses the turbulent and unpredictable political landscape of this years' midterm election. Rising costs and unpopular foreign policy decisions have some experts anticipating a blue wave. President Trump is predicting the opposite. But voters on both sides of the aisle share one commonality: they're not happy. How will a dissatisfied electorate decide the future of America?
This episode was produced by Sharon Mashihi and edited by Liana Simstrom and Megan Pratz. The engineer was Annlie Huang.
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