How 1994 Gave Us Today’s Politics

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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To understand the divisions that define this year’s midterm elections, you have to go back to the midterm elections of 1994. We look at the moment when exploiting differences of opinion became a winning political strategy. Guests: Jennifer Senior, an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, speaks to Vin Weber, a former Republican congressman from Minnesota. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, to understand the division that defined this year's midterms, you have to go back to
0:46.3	the midterm election of 1994.
0:50.0	My colleague, opinion columnist Jennifer Seany, on the moment when exploiting differences
0:55.6	of opinion, became a winning political strategy.
1:03.2	It's Thursday, October 25.
1:08.6	So back in 1994, I was a cover reporter on Capitol Hill.
1:13.1	With resignation?
1:14.5	I was covering Congress.
1:15.8	But with resolve.
1:16.8	And this happened to be the exact same year.
1:19.2	I hear by end 40 years of democratic rule of this house.
1:25.2	That Republicans took control of the House of Representatives for the first time in four
1:29.0	decades.
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