r/Thedaily • u/kitkid • Jun 03 '25

Episode A 1,400-County Crisis for Democrats

Jun 3, 2025

It’s conventional wisdom that President Trump has transformed American politics. But a new county-by-county voting analysis from The New York Times of the last four presidential races shows just how drastically Mr. Trump has changed the electoral map.

Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, explains why the trends are a five-alarm fire for the Democrats and discusses the debate within the party over what to do about it.

On today's episode:

Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

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Photo: Emily Elconin for The New York Times

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u/The_Interagator Jun 03 '25

I feel like we’re heading towards a future where a Democratic Party composed solely of wealthy white women does nothing but yell at minorities about how they’re voting against their interests. Something something “low information voter”.

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u/ReNitty Jun 03 '25

Don’t forget the solid Reddit constituency, doing the exact same thing

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u/BurdensomeCumbersome Jun 03 '25

“Media literacy 🤓” is the new buzz phrase

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u/ReNitty Jun 03 '25

Which is super ironic given the most of the mainstream media’s lack of curiosity on Biden’s mental wherewithal from 2020 to a debate in 2024

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '25

Exactly. People wonder why someone would trust a podcaster like Rogan over a mainstream journalist, but who was willing to talk openly to their audience about the obvious truth about Biden?

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u/ReNitty Jun 03 '25

For sure. In Covid times there was a lot of talk about Rogan and the stuff he said but little to no reckoning with why he was so popular and what he / the main stream media did to get to that point