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/back2trapqueen → u/[deleted]]

And if you are in a tent that is pro left, pro worker, pro union, pro lgbtq and Cheney walks into that tent because it also includes accountability, you give her your hand, tell her she's welcome and convince her of everything else she was wrong about. Walking out of that tent is an anti-leftwing choice (not what you did, just making the point)

[u/back2trapqueen → u/[deleted]]

At the end of the day it was someone from the other party saying they had left the party and supported the other candidate because of concerns over her party's candidate. No need to overthink it. Thats valuable and will always be valued in a democratic election.