Election 2025: Democrats Have Activists; Republicans Have Pundits | 11/5/25

Last night’s election results, capping an uninterrupted stream of Democrat victories down-ballot since 2017, lay bare for us the results of having an industry while Democrats enjoy a movement. We have no money, no ground game, no candidate recruitment, and, most importantly, no economic message. I cast a wide net in the analysis of where things are headed electorally and how we will never win by lying to people about inflation. Virginia Democrats were able to run on cost of living, crime, and drugs — issues we should own by a mile but have ceded because of a lack of ideological coherence on the Right. One thing is clear: Today’s show is an analysis you will not hear anywhere else.

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