# O gigante adormecido da América acorda | Robert Reich

- Seção: Estados Unidos
- Fonte: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/democrats-elected-us-awakening)
- Publicado em: 2026-11-04T19:03:08.000Z
- URL: https://www.itatiba1.com.br/noticia/1513493-o-gigante-adormecido-da-america-acorda-robert-reich
- Tradução automática do original em "en": "The great sleeping giant of America has awakened | Robert Reich"

> A questão que me preocupa é se os Democratas aproveitarão a nova era do populismo.

The real question in my mind is whether Democrats will take advantage of the new age of populism

The great sleeping giant of the US has awakened, taken a hard look at what’s become of the nation, and roared a thunderous “NO!”

What occurred on Tuesday was not – as some are saying – the inevitable midterm swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Texas hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988. The last time Kansas elected a Democratic senator was 1932.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com . His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US and in the UK

Reportagem completa: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/democrats-elected-us-awakening

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