Hey, Ben.

Hey, Tyler.

So we had the first major elections of President Trump's second term last night, and the

Democrats absolutely swept.

It's hard to find a bad result for a Democrat anywhere.

And we were already anticipating a

good night for the Democrats based on the polls, like Abigail Spanberger's win in Virginia and

Mikey Sherrill's victory in New Jersey weren't unprecedented. And Zoran Mom Doni's win in the New York

City mayoral race was definitely expected. But I did find the actual results of these races kind of staggering.

And so I'm wondering what element of last night was most surprising in your view,

just kind of looking at the individual ways that different precinct swung

and just like the outcomes of the various races.

I think the first thing that stuck out to me actually has nothing to do with anything

specific. It's the scale and the sweet. We're talking about margins that approach 2017,

you know, the last time when Democrats, you know, in leading up to the 2018 midterms, really seem to be

sort of winning everywhere. We're talking about, yeah, those cardinal races you talked about

in New Jersey, in Virginia, and in New York City, but also down-ballot races in the Mississippi

state legislature and, you know, a few minor statewide races in Georgia.

And across the board, what you see is a really, really strong democratic performance.

There are a couple of kind of details, kind of little, little lagoons of this thing that we can get into.

But, you know, for me, the biggest story is

just how comprehensive this was. It was a really good night for Democrats.

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