How History Will View Trump’s Return

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What was supposed to be one of the closest elections in history ended early Wednesday morning with a decisive victory for former U.S. President Donald Trump. The election took place against a backdrop of a particularly divided and polarized electorate. Does history have any precedents or lessons for the current moment? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with historians Julian E. Zelizer and Joanne Freeman. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): FP Staff: What Trump’s Win Means for U.S. Foreign Policy Julian E. Zelizer: When Did Democrats Lose the Working Class? Michael Hirsh: Why She Lost Barbara F. Walter: Could Civil War Erupt in America? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	Dies and Capply.
0:31.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrual, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief.
0:35.6	This is FP Live.
0:37.4	Welcome to the show.
0:39.2	Wow, what a week.
0:42.2	It is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing.
0:48.0	Look what happened.
0:49.1	Is this crazy?
0:50.9	On Wednesday morning, we learned that Donald Trump not only won the electoral vote, he is also on
0:57.1	track to win the popular vote. Winning the popular vote was very nice, very nice, I will tell you.
1:04.6	If he does, it would be the first time a Republican has won a majority of votes since George
1:10.3	W. Bush in 2004.
1:12.9	It also upends several assumptions rooted in demography.
1:17.6	For example, the idea that because America is becoming less white,
1:22.1	non-white voters would automatically gravitate towards the Democratic Party.
1:30.3	That and so many other assumptions busted. Over the coming days and weeks, there will be all kinds of post-mortems about what happened
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