Ladies and gentlemen, I have to tell you, we filmed this program in Manhattan, and the mood here is somber, to say the least.

People on the train are just quietly, silently,

reading the New York Times, either in print or on their phone, and the mood, well, there's a palpable sense of melancholy in the air.

And the reason is obvious. The 2024 election has officially been decided

and Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States, becoming the second president

in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms. And the victory that Trump scored

on election night was sweeping. For instance, Nevada and Arizona are still being counted,

but Trump is leading, and unless the remaining ballots really have a big flip, well,

Trump will have won every single swing state, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania,

Georgia, and North Carolina. Besides that, he won the popular vote, something no Republican

president has done since George W. Bush back in 2004. And on top of that, he won the popular vote, something no Republican president has done since

George W. Bush back in 2004.

And on top of that, the Republicans overwhelmingly took back the Senate, and as of right

now, we're filming this program on the morning of Thursday, and it looks like the Republicans

might retain control of the House as well.

If they do, that will give them a trifecta for the next two years.

And this victory, it actually becomes more dramatic when you break things down a bit more granularly.

For instance, if you look at all the counties in the U.S. and you look at the results this year, compared to the results in 2020,

you'll find that over 90%

of all counties, they shifted more towards Trump, meaning that, for example, if Trump led a county

in the year 2020 by six points, this year he might have led that same county by 10 points.

Or, for instance, if he lost a county in 2020 by 25 points, this year, Trump only lost it by 10 points.

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