Bill Kristol's red-state Senate map makes Idaho The Bulwark's standout

The same Bulwark Daily episode carries Tim Miller's interview with Patrick Gaspard, recorded at what the channel calls its largest live show ever, in Dayton.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 614,170 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (42,392).

Idaho?! The 2026 Senate Map Is Expanding Into Very Red Territory (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily

An episode of Bulwark Daily with an Idaho question mark in its title passed 200,000 views barely a day after it went up. A new video on The Bulwark usually has a first day in the tens of thousands. This one started at about fourteen times that pace.

Tim Miller, the former Republican strategist, hosts with Bill Kristol, the conservative writer who founded The Weekly Standard. The Idaho of the title leads into a long stretch on the 2026 midterms: how big a wave could get, what happens when gerrymandered maps meet one, and an opening the chapters point to in Colorado's Fifth District. The two also start a new segment picking longshot candidates to back. Other chapters take on what the episode calls taxpayer-funded Trump propaganda, aired during Sunday's NFL games, along with AI and ICE detention.

The last part comes from Dayton. According to the description, the live audience there raised donations for Haitian immigrants in nearby Springfield. The episode shares Miller's interview from that night with Patrick Gaspard, the Democratic strategist who served as Barack Obama's ambassador to South Africa.

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The numbers

Here is how that first day compares with the usual start for a new video on The Bulwark.

the video's first day

usual first day here

42,392

this video

614,170

subscribers

1,780,000

total views

1,254,928,749

the video

views

216,572

likes

5,822

comments

565

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Occupy Democrats

1,910,000

ContraPoints

1,910,000

The Bulwark

1,780,000

Cash Jordan

1,760,000

I've Had It

1,760,000

The Trump Report

1,670,000

As of September 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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