1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,200 Hello everyone, welcome to Driscoll's election dissection, your election analysis for Across 2 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,200 the Circus. 3 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,000 I hope you all are doing well today, wherever you are. 4 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,240 Well, we took a lot of time off after the election. 5 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,520 I should have mentioned that at the beginning, I do apologize. 6 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,960 Well, there wasn't really any elections in between November and now to talk about anyway. 7 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,240 So well, there you go. 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,800 Well, we've reached the end of the year and I plan to do a show at the end of the year 9 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,280 as kind of a recap slash look forward. 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,760 I did want to do this show a bit earlier a couple of weeks ago, but unfortunately I had 11 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,320 a little bout with the flu, but I'm feeling much better now and I figured let's do it. 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,000 So the ultimate results from election day this year. 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,840 In the end, Donald Trump makes history. 14 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,840 He's going to be only the second person in the history of the United States. 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,480 Well, I should say president-elect Donald Trump. 16 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:15,000 He's only the second person in US history to hold the presidential office twice non-consecutively. 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,440 The first being of course, Grover Cleveland, a man whose name has been heard a few times 18 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,760 in the news cycle over the past month or two. 19 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,480 And not only did Donald Trump do well. 20 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,760 Overall, Republicans won across the map. 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,040 They also gained the Senate by winning four seats. 22 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,840 Yes, the Republicans flipped West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Montana, ultimately 23 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,080 giving them a 53-47 edge. 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:46,320 And in the US House, the Democrats did gain two seats, but it wasn't enough as the Republicans 25 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,200 still hold the majority. 26 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,400 And that means we're going to have a Republican trifecta starting in 2025, which will make 27 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,520 it very easy for the president to pass key legislation. 28 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,760 But the House of Representatives still remains partly slim. 29 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,880 We're currently with Republicans having a five-seat edge. 30 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:09,120 So it only takes a handful of representatives to vote no on legislation to not pass it. 31 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,280 And so that ends the year off. 32 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,320 And it was a pretty eventful year altogether. 33 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,880 And I'm actually very grateful for the year we had for a number of reasons. 34 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,460 When I started this show, it was an off-year election. 35 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:25,000 And I think that was good for me because it gave me an opportunity to try to figure out 36 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,360 how I'm going to do this show come 2024. 37 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,720 And it took me a bit, but I think I found a groove in terms of talking about key battlegrounds, 38 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,800 focusing on those battlegrounds, focusing on things you might not notice in other news 39 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:38,800 outlets. 40 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,960 So overall, I'm very proud of the work we did. 41 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,680 And I really appreciate all of you out there who listened throughout the past year. 42 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,080 Whether you joined right from the first primary day or you just joined the week of the election, 43 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,560 I thank you for tuning in. 44 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,240 And if I helped you figure out who's going to be on your ballot, then I feel like I did 45 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,240 my job. 46 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,240 So thank you. 47 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,840 And the best part is we're not going away at all. 48 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,480 Yes, 2025 is an off year, but there's still going to be plenty of fascinating election 49 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:09,960 action, including two gubernatorial races, an open seat in Virginia and an open seat 50 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,960 in New Jersey. 51 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:16,560 Yes, both have term-limited incumbents, so there will be a new governor elected in both. 52 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,720 And those could be real bellwethers of how 2028 is going to turn out. 53 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Yes, really. 54 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,120 I know you're probably thinking, oh, that's ways away. 55 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,920 But no, the road to 2028 really begins now. 56 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:30,040 And on top of that, there will likely be special elections in the U.S. House. 57 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,520 In fact, the ball is already rolling on a couple of them. 58 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,040 I wasn't expecting our next show involving a primary election to be so soon, but actually 59 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:42,600 next month, two congressional districts in Florida will be having special primary elections 60 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:43,600 already. 61 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:44,840 Can you believe that? 62 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,520 So we're going to get right back on the ball. 63 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:47,520 I like it. 64 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,960 Also, I would like to talk more about local elections, mayoral elections. 65 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,840 The city of New York is set to have a mayoral election. 66 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Our nation's biggest city. 67 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,840 That ought to be something to pay attention to. 68 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,560 And I would like to maybe branch out on international elections. 69 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:06,600 I promised my friends at the podcast, I used to like this one, my friends Sean Wells and 70 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Colin Stewart. 71 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:08,600 Go listen to their show. 72 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,600 It's a great show. 73 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,400 And I promised them I would talk about the Canadian parliamentary election, which is 74 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,200 set to happen no later than October. 75 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,800 Could happen sooner, but we'll just have to wait and see on that. 76 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:24,400 So 2025 may not be as exciting as 2024, but it is set to be an eventful year. 77 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,080 And whatever big elections come by, I'm going to be here to talk about it. 78 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,840 So with that, I will see you relatively soon, just in a few more weeks. 79 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:36,720 And I hope all of you out there had a wonderful holiday season and I hope you all have a wonderful 80 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:37,720 new year. 81 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,640 And let's just see where this year takes us. 82 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,840 So there's not really anything happening soon, I still feel obligated to say it at the end 83 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:44,840 of every show. 84 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:48,600 I don't care who you vote for, but I do care that you vote. 85 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,040 So please do. 86 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,400 Thank you for listening to Driscoll's Election Dissection. 87 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,680 If you would like to learn more about the show, go online to aljitproductions.com slash 88 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,040 across the circus and be sure to listen to us on any podcasting form you like. 89 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:27,040 Thank 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