{"id":385849,"date":"2026-10-08T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-michigan-midterms-are-a-sign-of-americas-divided-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:37","slug":"how-michigan-midterms-are-a-sign-of-americas-divided-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-michigan-midterms-are-a-sign-of-americas-divided-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"How Michigan midterms are a sign of America&#8217;s divided politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cZzoAAYtsQo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How Michigan midterms are a sign of America's divided politics\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZzoAAYtsQo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US midterm elections will be held in November 3 and the outcome will decide if Trump&#8217;s Republicans or Democrats would take control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ITV News went to Lansing in Michigan, where incumbent Republican Representative Tom Barrett will go up against Democrat Will Lawrence. This Congressional District battle ground is a sign of how politics are divided in the country. The two candidates are divided on almost every issue, except AI data centres.<br \/>\n#US #politics #michigan #midterms #DonaldTrump <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US midterm elections will be held in November 3 and the outcome will decide if Trump&#8217;s Republicans or Democrats would take control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ITV News went to Lansing in Michigan, where incumbent Republican Representative Tom Barrett will go up against Democrat Will Lawrence. 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