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Monitoring the mid-terms. What matters to the American voter?

The Australian political observer Bruce Hawker is travelling across the US as the mid-term elections approach. He has been covering American elections as an outsider for over two decades. He is trying to answer a core question before Americans go to the polls - What matters to the American voter? So far one word in particular sums up his experience.

(Photo: People cast their ballots during early voting at a community centre 25 October 2018 in Potomac, Maryland, two weeks ahead of the key US mid-term polls. Credit: Brendan SmialowskiAFP/Getty Images)

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