On today's chart 594K views since yesterday

Campbell and Stewart turn from Democratic wins to political money

Their post-election discussion asks whether anger about wealth and influence can become a programme for reform, rather than just a winning message.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 593,534 views.

Can the Democrats Capitalise on Trump’s Disaster?

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4:02Campbell expresses surprise at Trump's quick concession and his effort to separate himself from Republican losses.
9:00Democratic victory speeches supply a shared message about reducing money's influence in politics.
11:04Stewart examines presidential pardons and congressional stock trading as institutional corruption concerns.
24:00Stewart separates Democrats into institutionalists, progressive reformers and technocratic abundance advocates, each with different priorities.
35:00The hosts consider how losing congressional control changes Trump's foreign-policy position.
54:00Vance and Rubio's prospects raise a succession question: can either retain Trump's grip on Republican supporters?

"The many can beat the money." Alastair Campbell picks out that message from Democratic victory speeches as The Rest Is Politics turns to a harder question: what can the party do with the power it has won?

The episode, "Can the Democrats Capitalise on Trump's Disaster?", drew nearly 594,000 views since yesterday. Beyond the cost-of-living verdict we explored as we reported here, Campbell and Rory Stewart examine another thread running through the results: candidates making political money and institutional reform part of their appeal, rather than talking only about Donald Trump.

Campbell points to Jon Ossoff, James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed. Stewart brings the discussion to presidential pardons and congressional stock trading, examining practices he sees as evidence of institutional corruption. Their question is whether dissatisfaction with the influence of extreme wealth could create support for change across party lines.

That does not mean the Democrats agree on what comes next. Stewart divides them into three broad camps: institutionalists concerned with democracy, progressive reformers focused on inequality, and technocratic advocates of abundance. Winning together leaves those different priorities unresolved.

There is also a Republican succession problem. Campbell is surprised by how quickly Trump accepted defeat while distancing himself from candidates whose names actually appeared on the ballot. Later, the hosts consider how JD Vance and Marco Rubio can operate in his shadow. Campbell argues that neither possesses Trump's distinctive hold on his supporters.

The episode contains a sponsored energy segment. Its political discussion stretches from the language of Democratic victory to the difficulty, for either party, of building an agenda beyond Trump.

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Channel: The Rest Is Politics
Subscribers: 699,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,988,808
Channel views, pace per day: 1,460,243 (on a normal day: 220,569)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 593,534 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 772,916

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The episode attracted nearly 594,000 views since yesterday. Its comment section was already several times busier than the channel's usual full first day.

subscribers

699,000

▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days

total views

195,069,348

views per day

1,460,243

typical day: 220,569

the video

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593,534

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