The Democrats’ Big Night and the Repudiation of Donald Trump

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The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, and the staff writers Vinson Cunningham and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss the sweeping Democratic victories in the midterm elections and what the results reveal about the country’s changing political landscape. They talk about the issues that drove voters away from Donald Trump, the possibility of a lasting Democratic realignment in once reliable Republican strongholds like Texas, and what a Democratic majority could mean for the remainder of Trump’s Presidency and the 2028 Presidential primaries in both parties. After a decade in which Trump has defined the Republican Party, what would it take for the party to chart a different course? This conversation was recorded for a live video on Substack. Follow The New Yorker on Substack » Get Tickets to ⁠The Political Scene Live at Sixth & I in Washington D.C.⁠ on November 18th. Recommended reading: “Midterms Analysis: A Blue Wave Just Crashed on Trump,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells “Donald Trump’s Repudiation, America’s Revenge,” by Susan B. Glasser “The Night That Texas’s Seemingly Unchangeable Republican Identity Vanished,” by Rachel Monroe “Washington Lawy