{"id":294005,"date":"2025-11-08T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/have-the-democrats-made-a-comeback-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:05:00","slug":"have-the-democrats-made-a-comeback-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/have-the-democrats-made-a-comeback-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"Have the Democrats made a comeback? | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jAEUSvORGy4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Have the Democrats made a comeback? | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jAEUSvORGy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For the first time since Donald Trump&#8217;s re-election there is renewed optimism among Democrats, after Zohran Mamdani and other candidates won big. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside the win in New York and the governor races in New Jersey and West Virginia, the party also won important \u2013 albeit less glamorous \u2013 races in Pennsylvania and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Justin, Anthony and Sarah are joined by Jim Messina, a Democrat strategist and former deputy chief of staff to Barack Obama. 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