Populism

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

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

Klein argues populism is not a position on the left-right spectrum, citing Hamilton's populist yet culturally moderate campaign.

“populism, even though we sometimes use it as like a synonym for progressive or leftist, it's not like a position point on the left-right spectrum”

The Ezra Klein Show: How the Democrats Did It (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 55:19