Almost a month has passed since President-elect Donald Trump claimed a decisive victory on Election Day, winning 312 of the electoral college votes over his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, who won the remaining 226 votes. As Democrats continue to grapple on how this came to be and think about how they can change their strategy for the 2026 midterm elections, a recent analysis by The New York Times starts providing them with some answers.
The recent analysis indicates that Harris needed to perform better than President Joe Biden in urban cities in order to successfully upset a win. However, she ended up doing worse, getting 15% fewer votes than Biden in some cities.
