I'm Jonathan Capehart and welcome to Capehart.

Well, the 2024 election happened in Donald Trump.

The 45th president of the United States was elected the 47th president of the United States.

Today, we're presenting my weekly post-live show First Look, our one-stop shop for news and analysis.

And I start with Michael Cher, Washington Post National Political Reporter, where we discuss

his behind-the-scenes reporting of both the Trump and the Harris campaigns.

And then I turned to the Opinions Roundtable that featured Washington Post associate editor Eugene Robinson

and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle,

where we had an extensive conversation

about the 2024 election,

the blame game within the Democratic Party

and how the party can recover,

and whether Trump and the Republicans

have a mandate from the American people.

So you and several of our post colleagues published a fascinating behind-the-scenes account

of the 2024 presidential race. So, Michael, what happened in America on Tuesday?

I think it's going to actually take a while to figure out.

I mean, I can tell you what happened behind the scenes.

I can't tell you which of those things led to a result as dramatic as this one.

We went from a three-point popular vote victory for Democrats to, at least right now,

the county is still going on, a three-point win for Trump. We spent a year telling everyone almost every day, at least right now, accounting still going on, a three point win for Trump.

We spent a year telling everyone almost every day, this is a very closely divided country,

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