Gary Younge witnesses local defeat and national victories for the Tea Party from inside their 'war room' in Las Vegas

On the eve of the US midterm elections, Gary Younge attends a breakfast and bull meeting in rural Nevada, where local conservatives discuss jobs, judges and the pros and cons of armed insurrection

The Guardian's Gary Younge witnesses a heated confrontation between two people outside a Barack Obama rally in Las Vegas and talks to them about issues that divide US voters: from immigration to the healthcare system

Continuing his road trip across the US, the Guardian's Gary Younge meets Mike Sciullo (aka Uncle Sam) across the road from a Barack Obama rally in Las Vegas. He believes Americans are living in tyranny

Gary Younge embarks on a classic American road trip, driving across the Rockies, through the deserts of Utah, and towards the neon lure of Las Vegas

As he continues his US midterm elections road trip, Gary Younge meets Democratic activists in Colorado and asks how they're facing the possible threat of a Republican takeover on election day

As he continues his US midterm elections road trip meeting ordinary American voters, Gary Younge speaks to a resident of Salida, Colorado, who believes that Obama wasn't born in the US, has Muslim affiliations, and has prompted an increase in firearms sales

Gary Younge meets people in Colorado to try to understand why the euphoria that surrounded Barack Obama's election victory in 2008 has turned into disaffection

Gary Younge previews his new series on the US midterm elections, in which he drives from Colorado to Nevada in search of Obama's grassroots army and the Tea Party