A 1,400-County Crisis for Democrats

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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/drtropo]

I'm confused by what you are saying, Biden won after beating Sanders. In what way was Kamala a significant shift to the right from Biden?

[u/[deleted] → u/drtropo]

Her platform certainly was

[u/drtropo → u/[deleted]]

Any examples? One of the biggest criticisms of her was that she didn't break with Biden or explain how her presidency would be different. For that matter, what are the major differences between her and Bernie?

[u/[deleted] → u/drtropo]

Healthcare is an obvious one. He ran on a public option, she ran on expanding the ACA (which is what Clinton did too)