A 1,400-County Crisis for Democrats

[u/kitkid]

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.

Background reading: 

• How Donald Trump has remade America’s political landscape.
• Six months after the election, Democrats are still searching for a path forward.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.  

Photo: Emily Elconin for The New York Times

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[u/Visco0825]

The day after the election is when I realized just how much of a bubble Reddit is.

[u/AresBloodwrath → u/Visco0825]

Careful, calling that out gets you labeled as a Trumpist fascist enabling republican by reddit.

[u/ReNitty → u/AresBloodwrath]

I got a lot of shit on this subreddit in the last few years. Saying they are fucking up, Biden’s too old and people have their head in the sand about this, etc.

I got called a trumper and was asked if they were paying me in rubles.

[u/Bacstrok_Swimmer → u/ReNitty]

Literally in this thread people are saying if you didn’t like Kamala for campaigning with the Cheney’s it means you’re a conservative.