David Dunn

Well, I mean, that certainly is a very powerful message.

But one of the problems we have with the midterms is that the redistricting, the gerrymandering that's going on in so many Republican-controlled states means that actually the chances of the people having their say are limited.

When you have politicians choosing the voters rather than voters choosing the politicians...

You actually, again, have a very broken democracy.

And the Democrats may get more votes in November, but whether they get control of both houses is limited by the various attempts of the Trump administration to actually influence the way in which those votes are cast.

Whether we have a free and fair election in November is still to be determined.

Already the gerrymandering and the pushing out of candidates who are in any way opposed to Trump, even within his own party, demonstrates that actually American democracy is still under stress at the moment.

David Dunn, Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham.

David, thank you very much for joining us.