Bruce Wolpe joins us to talk about the US election, October surprises and the strategy and expectations shaping this month on the campaign trail. 

Can we expect a continuation of the ‘October surprise’ tradition in the US election? 

How will foreign policy conditions, including rising tensions in the Middle East and ongoing war in Ukraine, influence votes? 

And which way will the swing states swing? 

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Bruce Wolpe returns to give us the latest from the US election campaign. 

Bruce Wolpe is a Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He worked with the Democrats in the US Congress during President Barack Obama’s first term, was a senior advisor for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and the author of Trump’s Australia

Mark Kenny is the Director of the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au. 

Top image: Donald Trump gestures to emphasize an issue at a press conference. Photo: Evan El-Amin/shutterstock.com

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