Trump Wins: Making Sense of Election Night

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president for a second time.

Shortly before that call was made, the Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon sat down to discuss the state of the election.

0:00 Start

0:42 Reacting to Donald Trump’s winning the presidential election

4:53 How Trump pulled off winning a second term

8:31 Why Trump was able to prevent Democrats from holding key voting blocs

12:15 The Harris campaign and relying on women to sway the election

15:06 What’s next for the Democratic Party?

21:17 Reviewing Trump’s proposed policies before a second term

27:39 Final thoughts

[ForeverStapleton]

The best quote I heard about the NY Times comes from the Economist….America’s progressive elite talking to themselves about an America that doesn’t exist.

[TheRadicalCentrist.]

Elite echo chamber at its worst. So clueless.

[NoActionRequired]

It’s like watching cats talk about what is wrong with dogs. Great comedy.

[hhrnjzo]

These people are so much smarter, moral and virtuous than the rest of us. Just ask them.

[Thebluesky]

Man, this podcast is deep echo chamber of the left/liberals....pretty sad :(

[elRbar]

I am liberal and I cringe at the NYT and Democrat level of racist assumptions about POC. It’s hilarious to hear these fools talk like it is shocking that POC and women could possibly think differently than what they’d expect.

[Flute-]

Nobody is interested to hear what the NY Times thinks at this point. You did this. Own it.

[annjackson]

Gosh as a non american I am always stunned by some of the blindness of these "democratic elites"

[pendleton]

I'm a Democrat, the fact that Hillary, Joe and Harris are the "Best" options is nuts. They ran for "Don't vote for Trump". Absolutely crazy this is our reality

[lucasfrank]

Why are they acting like women didn't vote for Trump?

[robertmckinney]

Hey Democrats, try having a legitimate primary next time.

[marwanjuma]

Note to the Dems: don't run an entire campaign against the other guy, tell the voters what you are offering! And make bold promises you can keep instead of calling half the nation garbage, racists, misogynists, etc...

[FreeSpeech]

You keep concentrating on Trump's character flaws but not his virtues. He comes through as a leader, a force of nature. Harris came through as tepid, cautious, inadequate and unimaginative. Someone whom her team had to protect from any unscripted questions throughout the campaign because she'd screw up.

[Lsnakegold]

Democrats have cast young men aside. They isolated 30% of the population that is struggling. It didn't pay out.

[kenneld]

When Astead said "stop telling us the economy is great" that was a direct shot at the Times.

[Bibbohdbks]

This is like watching my girlfriend try to answer a question about the subtlety's of a 4-3 NFL defense.

[alquinn]

4 liberals sitting around a table trying to figure out why people didn't vote for their candidate, but not actually talking to any Trump voters. bound to work!

[MRTY]

Do a poor job for four years, then give us a mediocre candidate and expect everyone to toe the line?
How entitled is that?

[justanother]

Time to look in the mirror. You are not as sane and smart as you thought you were.

[projoebiochem]

Nothing broke Kamala Harris’ way because she was an awful candidate that ran an awful campaign.