Dear listener, welcome to In The Thick.

Yes, I know, I know, but that's why we're here, because we're going to talk about it.

We're one week since this election. I'm joined by two

award-winning journalists and ITT All-Stars. They're going to help us navigate what we're

figuring out, what we're looking for, how we move forward. Joining us from Brooklyn, we have the

founder of Translash Media Journalist and podcast host. Yes, Imara Jones back on the show.

Welcome back, Imara.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

And joining us from Dallas, Texas,

Washington Post Opinions columnist Karen Atia.

Karen, great to have you on the show.

Thanks for having me, Maria.

Good to be here.

This is Politics Unfiltered. Let's get into it.

Karen, Imara, it's been just over a week since Donald Trump's victory. It's a night that sparked a historic rightward shift in our country. The election

results gave us this new insight into a changing American political landscape, right? And we're

all sitting with it and taking it in. Republicans, well, they had a sweeping victory. It stretched

from rural America into urban centers, even one's long thought to be Democratic strongholds, even in Manhattan, for God's sakes.

Electionite also marked a historic moment of failure for the Democratic Party.

So let's look at some numbers here.

Republicans won a bigger share of votes in every state in 2024 than they did in 2020

and won every single swing state.

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