In the wake of the recent election, journalists, sociologists, political party leaders, and all of us are looking at the voting data, examining what ballot initiatives passed and where, and asking, “What does this data tell us about the people and culture in our country?” Autumn and Hunter discuss four themes that emerged from the election trends. 1) Legacy Media vs. Alternative Media 2) The Broad “Trump Voting Coalition” 3) The Abortion Issue, and 4) The Return to Political Norms.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Financial Times: U.S. Election Results 2024

No, the Problem Isn't the Voters by Bari Weiss and Oliver Wiseman

The Doug Election and America After the Great Dechurching by Jake Meador

How Trump Won, Again by Nate Cohn

Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Succeed in 7 of 10 States by Kate Zernike

Colorado Voters Move to Put Existing Abortion Laws Into State Constitution by Bente Birkeland

See the Voting Groups That Swung to the Right in the 2024 Vote Vote by Zach Levitt, Keith Collins, Robert Gebeloff, Malika Khurana, Marco Hernandez

Contextualizing the 2024 Election: It's the (Knowledge) Economy, Stupid by Musa al-Gharbi