Plain English with Derek Thompson

How Trump Won: Young Men’s Red Wave, the Blue-City Flop, and the Incumbency Graveyard

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Derek Thompson

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Derek shares his big-picture theory for Trump’s victory. Then, Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson explains how Trump shifted practically the entire electorate to the right.

 

Host: Derek Thompson

Guest: Kristen Soltis Anderson

Producer: Devon Renaldo

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Derek’s article that inspired his open

The Washington Post voter shift map

The graveyard of the incumbents