Jon Stewart wants a ticker tape parade for voters

Sarah Longwell weighs Democrats' congressional gains while Stewart gives his guest permission to abandon caution: "This is the day to overstate!"

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Thank You, Voters | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Sarah Longwell starts to temper her reaction to the midterm results, admitting she wishes the change had come sooner. Jon Stewart isn't having it. "This is not the day for that, Sarah Longwell. This is the day to overstate!"

The exchange comes in "Thank You, Voters | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart," a Short that reached roughly 410,000 views in seven hours, an unusually fast start for the podcast's short clips.

Stewart's thanks comes with a pointed comparison. Universities and law firms gave way to Donald Trump, he argues, while ordinary voters pushed back. His proposed reward for the American voting public is a ticker tape parade.

Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, gives the celebration a practical argument: Democratic gains could change the balance of power in Congress, including the Senate's influence over the Supreme Court. She points to Texas and credits turnout among Gen Z and younger millennials despite attempts at gerrymandering. These are her conclusions about the results, rather than simply a roll call of victories.

The clip marks a sharp change of subject after Stewart's extended conversation with Ed Zitron about AI financing. Here, he mostly lets Longwell build her case, interrupting at one point with a single word: "Preach."

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Also in Political commentators and debateVideo taking off 10x its usual first dayDavid Pakman answers Leavitt's election explanation with grocery billsHis fast-starting Short centers on a Fox News exchange over whether voters recognized the benefits of Trump's tax cuts.Channel: David Pakman · Story of November 5, 2026

A different discovery todayVideo taking off 66x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel turns Idaho's state-gun vote into an attack adHis midterm monologue also gives Mike Johnson a Sarah McLachlan farewell before his assistant Natalie zips herself into a duffel bag.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 5, 2026

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The facts

Channel: The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Subscribers: 910,000 ▲ 12,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,596,269
Channel views, pace per day: 426,595 (on a normal day: 609,351)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 409,891 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 970,622

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The voter-thank-you clip is running far ahead of The Weekly Show's usual Shorts start. Its comment count has also already surpassed a typical full first day.

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45,753

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970,622

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910,000

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154,129,168

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426,595