Democrats sweep the 2025 elections.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday, voters cast ballots in the first election cycle since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Democrats won the most closely watched races decisively, including Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial elections, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court retention vote, and the New York City mayoral election. Furthermore, several ballot measures passed decisively. Californians passed Proposition 50 to approve mid-decade redistricting, Mainers voted down a voter ID ballot measure and approved the creation of a “red flag” law, and Texans amended their state constitution to ban noncitizen voting and codify parental rights.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we are going to be talking about the 2025 election results. |
| 0:35.2 | It was Election Day in America yesterday, a very big day. Honestly, I mean, |
| 0:39.9 | I'll talk about this in my take. Pretty dominant night for Democrats. If you are a Republican |
| 0:47.5 | operator, I think there's some alarm bells going off. If you're a Democratic operator, I think, you know, you're happy, |
| 0:57.3 | but you should probably do a quick, you know, gut check, take a breath, off cycle election, |
| 1:04.1 | political fortunes change quick, that kind of thing. But this is, you know, a year after Trump got elected, this is a good signal |
| 1:13.0 | for Democrats who want to see some power rested back from the kind of Republican trifecta |
| 1:20.4 | that they're witnessing right now. So we're going to talk about why, share the results from |
| 1:26.0 | many of the races that we covered in our preview yesterday. |
| 1:29.3 | And then I've got 15 thoughts in my take. |
| 1:38.9 | Thanks, Isaac, and welcome, everybody. |
| 1:40.9 | Here are your quick hits for today. |
| 1:42.8 | First up, a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Airport, killing at least 9, everybody. Here are your quick hits for today. First up, a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly |
| 1:45.3 | after takeoff from Louisville Airport killing at least nine people, including all three crew members on board. |
| 1:51.5 | The crash also caused widespread damage to an industrial corridor adjacent to the airport, with 11 |
| 1:56.9 | injuries reported on the ground. Number two, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments |
| 2:01.5 | and a challenge to President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on U.S. trading |
| 2:06.5 | partners. Number three, a bipartisan group of senators is reportedly in advanced discussions |
| 2:11.8 | over a deal to reopen the government. The potential agreement includes a continuing resolution |
| 2:16.7 | to fund the government and |
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