{"id":386305,"date":"2026-10-09T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/democrats-ahead-in-big-republican-states-ohio-kansas-iowa-texas-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:21","slug":"democrats-ahead-in-big-republican-states-ohio-kansas-iowa-texas-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/democrats-ahead-in-big-republican-states-ohio-kansas-iowa-texas-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats ahead in big Republican states: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Texas | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ex2K7qcOiok\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Democrats ahead in big Republican states: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Texas | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ex2K7qcOiok\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>How confident should Democrats be about surprise new polling which puts them ahead in deep Republican territory? In states such as Kansas which haven\u2019t elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Democrat candidates are doing well &#8211; why is that, and how much can we trust the polls?<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s hope for a blue wave in this year\u2019s midterm elections rest on their ability to flip four Republican seats in the Senate. While the polls suggest the Democrats are ahead in Texas, Alaska and Ohio, the picture is more complicated in Democratic states like Maine and Michigan, which many believe the party must hold on to if they\u2019re to reclaim control of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah and Justin unpack the latest polls and what it tell us about Democrat and Republican strategy before we speak to the Democratic strategist and pollster John Anzalone. He\u2019s currently working on Roy Cooper\u2019s Senate campaign in North Carolina and most recently served on Joe Biden\u2019s successful 2020 campaign. He tell us why Democrats should be cautious about hopes for a blue wave in November and the issues candidates need to focus on in the run-up to polling day.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How confident should Democrats be about surprise new polling which puts them ahead in deep Republican territory? In states such as Kansas which haven\u2019t elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Democrat candidates are doing well &#8211; why is that, and how much can we trust the polls? The party\u2019s hope for a blue wave in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":386306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-386305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democrats ahead in big Republican states: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Texas | BBC Americast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Democrats ahead in big Republican states: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Texas | BBC Americast for free, here on News ISC. 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