The Yarn

Special Report: US Election Postmortem

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After President-elect Donald Trump's landslide win and a federal election looming, Australian politicians have lessons to learn from the US election.  

The Yarn spoke to two US political analysts, on different sides of the political aisle, to get a breakdown of the Republicans' success. 

Tim Lynch is a professor of American politics at the University of Melbourne.

Cory Alpert is a former Biden-Harris White House staffer, now a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. 

James Costa is a journalist at The Citizen. 

Elliot Rodriguez was the producer of this episode. Louisa Lim was the executive producer. 

American Flag image by Gordon Johnson, Pixabay. 

Map of Australia image by Free Vector Maps.

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