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Appalachia, Trump and cheesy grits: The Rest Is Politics on tour

Rory Stewart's American road trip anchors a ten-upload week that moves from rally reporting to the Democrats' next choices.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Rory Stewart Goes To A Trump Rally.

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3:18Stewart describes deep poverty encountered during his travels through eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.
12:13The hosts examine Senate contests while warning against confidence in polls after previous misses.
22:45Campbell reviews early voting turnout across North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas.
25:04Stewart explains wearing a MAGA cap to blend in at Trump's Chillicothe rally.
27:00Stewart assesses Trump's speaking style and contrasts his delivery with other Republican rally speakers.
52:00The hosts consider whether youth protests across Europe could spread to Britain.

The grits haven't persuaded Rory. American politics, however, has given him and Alastair Campbell plenty to chew over, from isolated Appalachian valleys to the performance of a Trump rally in Ohio.

The Rest Is Politics posted ten uploads this week, with "Rory Stewart Goes To A Trump Rally." narrowly its most watched. It has reached roughly 820,000 views. Before getting to the rally, Stewart describes travelling through eastern Kentucky and West Virginia, bringing the landscape and the depth of poverty into a discussion framed around JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy.

The rally account arrives about twenty-five minutes in. Campbell asks about Stewart's red MAGA cap, worn to blend in, and Stewart separates his response to Trump's politics from his assessment of the man's stagecraft. His description of the pauses and pacing becomes a discussion point in the comments, alongside arguments about wealth creation and the economic pressures facing voters. The episode includes paid advertising segments.

Then the election changes the question. "Can the Democrats Capitalise on Trump's Disaster?" asks whether a rejection driven by living costs can become lasting Democratic support. It has already drawn almost the same total audience as the rally episode and is now the channel's strongest source of daily views.

Subscriber growth has picked up too: the channel added 5,000 subscribers this week, a sizeable portion of its month's increase. Daily viewing is running about half above its usual level. Among nearby political channels, Harry Sisson has had a particularly busy week, while PoliticsJOE's subscriber count was unchanged.

For Stewart, the American itinerary also supplied a smaller verdict, delivered in "The cheesy grits haven't won Rory over." Not every part of a reporting trip needs a Senate map.

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