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Tuesday night was the most unambiguous joyful election night, for Democrats, of the Trump era: no “red mirage,” no days of waiting for good news to be confirmed as votes were counted, no polling errors that somehow, yet again, missed voters Trump summoned to the polls. It was a blue wave too big for Trump and his pathetic followers to plausibly resulted from massive, widespread fraud, and we break it down for you. Amid all the good news, what stood out to us? What did Democrats do right, especially when it comes to populist economic messaging? How much did “candidate quality” matter? And of special concern to this podcast, how is the right—their MAGA intellectuals especially—processing such a profound rebuke? Is this the end of the Trump era? We take up these questions, and more!
Sources:
NBC News: National Exit Polls, 2026 Midterm Elections, Nov 4, 2026
J.D. Vance post on the midterms, the war with Iran, and the reason for Republican losses.
Sohrab Ahmari, “It’s the War, Stupid,” Unherd, Nov 4, 2026
Dan McLaughlin, “No, It Wasn’t Just the War,” National Review, Nov 4, 2026
Daniel McCarthy, “How Lindsey Graham Lost the Midterms,” Compact, Nov 4, 2026
Jesse Bedayn & Barbara Ortutay, “Elon Musk Gambled $445 Million to Boost Republicans in the Midterms. It Came Up Short,” Associated Press, Nov 5, 2026
Christopher Rufo, “Reprisals Are Coming: After the Midterms, the Left Will Seek Revenge,” Substack post, Nov 3, 2026
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