Opinion | The Bell Tolls for Trumpism

This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.The big tent is real, and the political map is fake.That is the lesson of the Democrats’ historic midterm, the blue tsunami that we saw on Tuesday.Democrats won in places nobody thought they even had any chance to compete a year ago: Kansas, Texas, Iowa, South Carolina.As I record this, it’s unclear which party is going to win Mississippi.Let me say that again: It is unclear which party is going to win a Senate seat in Mississippi.

That was unimaginable three months ago.Democrats won governorships in Ohio, Texas and Iowa.This was a win that destroyed the reality of the red-blue map people had come to believe in so firmly.

And so we’re entering a new era, an era when much is unsettled.The realignment may not be what we thought it was in 2024.The realignment may be a map that is entirely up for grabs from here on out.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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