What Michelle Goldberg has said about Populism

2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 7, 2026

Michelle Goldberg, New York Times columnist who criticized the UFC event, has been quoted on Populism 2 times in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on November 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Goldberg argues Talarico's everyone-against-the-billionaires framing is numerically superior to a red-versus-blue divide.

    “So it's this kind of like everyone against the billionaires kind of politics, which just is numerically much better than a sort of like red-blue divide”

    The Ezra Klein Show: How the Democrats Did It (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 15:07

  • Goldberg notes polls now show voters viewing the Republican Party as the elitist party, a recent change.

    “People now in polls see the Republican Party as the elitist party. That was not true a few years ago”

    The Ezra Klein Show: How the Democrats Did It (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 18:38

Episodes

  • How the Democrats Did It

    The Ezra Klein Show · Nov 7, 2026 · 1 h 7 min

    Ezra Klein and Michelle Goldberg dissect how Democrats won the 2026 midterms across Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Kansas and the South, and what the new party looks like.

Others on Populism

Michelle Goldberg on other topics