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The Daily's midterm debrief resists an easy ideological answer

Michael Barbaro brings Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher together to examine the congressional sweep and the parties it leaves behind.

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A Landslide Victory for Democrats

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2:58Lisa Lerer connects the Democratic sweep to economic anger over high prices, fuel and housing.
7:05The panel examines James Talarico's Senate victory and Gina Hinojosa's defeat of Greg Abbott in Texas.
21:12Nate Cohn argues that neither Democratic faction can claim vindication from a referendum rejecting Trump.
23:42The discussion explores Republicans' dependence on Trump's base despite the wider electorate's rejection.
31:40Trump says he accepts the election outcomes and is willing to work with Democratic majorities.

Democrats have won Congress, but Nate Cohn isn't handing either wing of the party a certificate of vindication. In The Daily's post-election discussion, he argues that a referendum rejecting Donald Trump does not settle whether progressives or centrists have the better political formula.

That distinction gives New York Times Podcasts' busiest new upload something to explore beyond the victory map. "A Landslide Victory for Democrats" has reached roughly 164,000 views, with Michael Barbaro convening Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher early Wednesday morning. This is an audio episode over a static graphic, with the correspondents moving from South Carolina's early warning signal to James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa's Texas victories.

Lerer emphasizes economic anger over prices, fuel and housing. Later, the conversation turns to the Republicans' predicament: Goldmacher describes candidates needing Trump's support in primaries, then finding that association damaging in general elections. A phone interview with Trump arrives near the end, including his commitment to accept the results.

The channel's twelve uploads carried listeners from "A Guide to Election Night 2026" into the aftermath. "What Democrats Plan to Do Next, and What JD Vance Says Went Wrong" now has the strongest daily viewing momentum, while the landslide debrief remains the week's most watched new release. Viewers beneath that episode debate the panel's reading of progressive and moderate candidates, echoing its central unresolved question.

The channel added about 5,000 subscribers over the week, and daily views are running at more than twice their usual level. Away from the election coverage, Modern Love's "Everything I Loved Vanished in an Instant," a conversation with Anna Martin about love and loss, is also among its most active uploads.

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