Former President Donald Trump’s win reflected many voters’ frustration with issues from border security to the cost of living to America’s role in the world, and is part of a larger anti-incumbent backlash seen in other Western democracies.
Today we start digging into the meaning of a historic election, one that in many ways marks the culmination of Donald Trump’s decisive realignment of the Republican Party and his regnant place in American politics. Given the sweeping results, we’ve devoted this issue of the Daily entirely to election stories, from the influence of Latino men in the results to what our reporter found at an election watch party with people who are watching extremely closely: Ukrainians.
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