Costas Panagopoulos

Trump’s approval ratings could drag down Republican candidates across the country in the midterm elections, Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, said the outcome in Florida shows voters are taking allegations against politicians seriously.

Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek Markey is an “institution” in Massachusetts but that many voters do have reservations about his age. Markey will be hard to beat, but it is not impossible, he said.

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, said the ousting of older incumbents signals that voters are tired of a gerontocracy—being ruled by the elderly—and want change.

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek on Wednesday that Crowley’s win “likely boosts Democrats’ chances to win the governor’s race against the GOP’s Tiffany in Wisconsin.”

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, cautioned against reading too much into the findings of the latest Marquette Law School poll.

Trump could be trying to “flex his muscles” as president while “overestimating his executive authority,” Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that by blasting Biden repeatedly, Trump “heightened the salience of age in assessing presidents and presidential candidates and likely caused voters to pay greater attention to age and ability than they might have otherwise.”

It makes sense for Democrats to rally behind Platner, Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said the allegations against Platner could be enough to affect the outcome of the race.