Eric Levitz
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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If you want a picture of a Democratic future, imagine hyper-engaged, suburban wine-moms stomping on J.D. Vance’s face — forever (or, you know, in the 2028 election)
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November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you want a picture of a Democratic future, imagine hyper-engaged, suburban wine-moms stomping on J.D. Vance’s face — forever (or, you know, in the 2028 election)
www.vox.com/politics/467...
www.vox.com/politics/467...
Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
This is how the Trump coalition unravels
The 2025 elections illuminate a nightmare scenario for the Republican Party.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
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Anyway, if you think Zohran is an incredible politician and Spanberger and Sherrill are boring establishment mods, then you should take last night's results as evidence in favor of the electoral power of moderation. But also who cares in a sense, give me all the protected bike lanes please.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Anyway, if you think Zohran is an incredible politician and Spanberger and Sherrill are boring establishment mods, then you should take last night's results as evidence in favor of the electoral power of moderation. But also who cares in a sense, give me all the protected bike lanes please.
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Zohran is a generational political talent and I'm very happy he's mayor and Cuomo is not. Also Spanberger and Sherrill do not seem to be generational political talents and yet they obviously did very well and Republican turnout cratered in their elections.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Zohran is a generational political talent and I'm very happy he's mayor and Cuomo is not. Also Spanberger and Sherrill do not seem to be generational political talents and yet they obviously did very well and Republican turnout cratered in their elections.
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Base strategies are good at turning out your base. Just one small problem.
while the story in Virginia and New Jersey was heavily one of relative turnout, with far more votes than usual coming from liberal areas, this was not the case in New York
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Base strategies are good at turning out your base. Just one small problem.
Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara argues that past socialist societies were wrong to think they could do without markets.
But he insists that modern economies *can* do without capitalists
I asked him: Why take that risk? Why not stick to what definitely works (ie Sweden)?
www.vox.com/politics/467...
But he insists that modern economies *can* do without capitalists
I asked him: Why take that risk? Why not stick to what definitely works (ie Sweden)?
www.vox.com/politics/467...
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara argues that past socialist societies were wrong to think they could do without markets.
But he insists that modern economies *can* do without capitalists
I asked him: Why take that risk? Why not stick to what definitely works (ie Sweden)?
www.vox.com/politics/467...
But he insists that modern economies *can* do without capitalists
I asked him: Why take that risk? Why not stick to what definitely works (ie Sweden)?
www.vox.com/politics/467...
NYC's new mayor believes in democratic socialism
But how would a democratic socialist economy actually work?
To @sunraysunray.bsky.social, it would mean market competition and profit-driven firms - without capitalists.
We debated his vision of market socialism
www.vox.com/politics/467...
But how would a democratic socialist economy actually work?
To @sunraysunray.bsky.social, it would mean market competition and profit-driven firms - without capitalists.
We debated his vision of market socialism
www.vox.com/politics/467...
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NYC's new mayor believes in democratic socialism
But how would a democratic socialist economy actually work?
To @sunraysunray.bsky.social, it would mean market competition and profit-driven firms - without capitalists.
We debated his vision of market socialism
www.vox.com/politics/467...
But how would a democratic socialist economy actually work?
To @sunraysunray.bsky.social, it would mean market competition and profit-driven firms - without capitalists.
We debated his vision of market socialism
www.vox.com/politics/467...
Elites have always depended on ordinary people's labor.
Society has became more egalitarian as workers leveraged this power.
But there is a risk that AI will eventually erode elites' dependence on the masses -- and usher in a permanent oligarchy. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Society has became more egalitarian as workers leveraged this power.
But there is a risk that AI will eventually erode elites' dependence on the masses -- and usher in a permanent oligarchy. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Elites have always depended on ordinary people's labor.
Society has became more egalitarian as workers leveraged this power.
But there is a risk that AI will eventually erode elites' dependence on the masses -- and usher in a permanent oligarchy. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Society has became more egalitarian as workers leveraged this power.
But there is a risk that AI will eventually erode elites' dependence on the masses -- and usher in a permanent oligarchy. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Robots can now do many parts of my job better than I can
This has made me a bit anxious about my own obsolescence
It has also led me to contemplate the one AI dystopia that I find plausible: A world where robots free elites of all dependence on most ordinary people.
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
This has made me a bit anxious about my own obsolescence
It has also led me to contemplate the one AI dystopia that I find plausible: A world where robots free elites of all dependence on most ordinary people.
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Robots can now do many parts of my job better than I can
This has made me a bit anxious about my own obsolescence
It has also led me to contemplate the one AI dystopia that I find plausible: A world where robots free elites of all dependence on most ordinary people.
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
This has made me a bit anxious about my own obsolescence
It has also led me to contemplate the one AI dystopia that I find plausible: A world where robots free elites of all dependence on most ordinary people.
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Highly-educated Democrats have very different priorities and policy preferences than Americans writ large. This is likely even more true of politically-engaged college grads.
The mood in our circles/social media feeds is not a reliable guide to public opinion
www.vox.com/politics/466...
The mood in our circles/social media feeds is not a reliable guide to public opinion
www.vox.com/politics/466...
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Highly-educated Democrats have very different priorities and policy preferences than Americans writ large. This is likely even more true of politically-engaged college grads.
The mood in our circles/social media feeds is not a reliable guide to public opinion
www.vox.com/politics/466...
The mood in our circles/social media feeds is not a reliable guide to public opinion
www.vox.com/politics/466...
Welcome PAC just released its case for Democrats to moderate.
I asked the report's author my own greatest reservation about moderation on certain issues -- that the costs of such positioning feel certain, while the benefits are hypothetical.
Here was his answer:
www.vox.com/politics/466...
I asked the report's author my own greatest reservation about moderation on certain issues -- that the costs of such positioning feel certain, while the benefits are hypothetical.
Here was his answer:
www.vox.com/politics/466...
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Welcome PAC just released its case for Democrats to moderate.
I asked the report's author my own greatest reservation about moderation on certain issues -- that the costs of such positioning feel certain, while the benefits are hypothetical.
Here was his answer:
www.vox.com/politics/466...
I asked the report's author my own greatest reservation about moderation on certain issues -- that the costs of such positioning feel certain, while the benefits are hypothetical.
Here was his answer:
www.vox.com/politics/466...
This week, Welcome PAC released its case for Democrats to moderate. I spoke with the author of its report, and pressed him on (nearly) every prominent, progressive objection to his analysis, including this one: www.vox.com/politics/466...
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This week, Welcome PAC released its case for Democrats to moderate. I spoke with the author of its report, and pressed him on (nearly) every prominent, progressive objection to his analysis, including this one: www.vox.com/politics/466...
I think trying to deport millions of law-abiding immigrants is morally wrong.
But even if you disagree, you should *still* oppose Trump's approach to enforcement -- so long as you value your own rights as a US citizen www.vox.com/politics/464...
But even if you disagree, you should *still* oppose Trump's approach to enforcement -- so long as you value your own rights as a US citizen www.vox.com/politics/464...
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I think trying to deport millions of law-abiding immigrants is morally wrong.
But even if you disagree, you should *still* oppose Trump's approach to enforcement -- so long as you value your own rights as a US citizen www.vox.com/politics/464...
But even if you disagree, you should *still* oppose Trump's approach to enforcement -- so long as you value your own rights as a US citizen www.vox.com/politics/464...
Zohran Mamdani phasing out gifted programs for kindergarteners is fine.
But in later grades, progressive opposition to "tracking" is misguided imo. Ability sorting can be beneficial for all students, when done right www.vox.com/politics/464...
But in later grades, progressive opposition to "tracking" is misguided imo. Ability sorting can be beneficial for all students, when done right www.vox.com/politics/464...
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Zohran Mamdani phasing out gifted programs for kindergarteners is fine.
But in later grades, progressive opposition to "tracking" is misguided imo. Ability sorting can be beneficial for all students, when done right www.vox.com/politics/464...
But in later grades, progressive opposition to "tracking" is misguided imo. Ability sorting can be beneficial for all students, when done right www.vox.com/politics/464...
When Democrats argue about whether "moderation" works, I think they often conflate two distinct questions: www.vox.com/politics/462...
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When Democrats argue about whether "moderation" works, I think they often conflate two distinct questions: www.vox.com/politics/462...
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This is really important. You can argue (if you want) that Kirk's alleged killer probably had syncretic political views, or that things are still "unclear." You cannot argue there is any affirmative evidence that he was a right-winger. This is not an ideological assertion. It is a statement of fact.
The moment we deem ourselves immune to ideological chauvinism and unreason, we become more vulnerable to both. www.vox.com/politics/462...
The comforting fiction that Charlie Kirk’s killer was far-right
Why some progressives lied to themselves about Tyler Robinson.
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September 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is really important. You can argue (if you want) that Kirk's alleged killer probably had syncretic political views, or that things are still "unclear." You cannot argue there is any affirmative evidence that he was a right-winger. This is not an ideological assertion. It is a statement of fact.
Trump is waging a war on American science and innovation. His $100,000 fee on H-1B visas will chase top researchers to other rich countries.
In the long-term, our living standards will likely be lower as a result www.vox.com/politics/462...
In the long-term, our living standards will likely be lower as a result www.vox.com/politics/462...
September 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump is waging a war on American science and innovation. His $100,000 fee on H-1B visas will chase top researchers to other rich countries.
In the long-term, our living standards will likely be lower as a result www.vox.com/politics/462...
In the long-term, our living standards will likely be lower as a result www.vox.com/politics/462...
The moment we deem ourselves immune to ideological chauvinism and unreason, we become more vulnerable to both. www.vox.com/politics/462...
The comforting fiction that Charlie Kirk’s killer was far-right
Why some progressives lied to themselves about Tyler Robinson.
www.vox.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The moment we deem ourselves immune to ideological chauvinism and unreason, we become more vulnerable to both. www.vox.com/politics/462...
Few people still need to hear this but: The Trump administration wants you to say that Charlie Kirk's killer was far-right www.vox.com/politics/462...
September 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Few people still need to hear this but: The Trump administration wants you to say that Charlie Kirk's killer was far-right www.vox.com/politics/462...
Joe Biden pressured social media companies to suppress anti-vax advocacy during the COVID pandemic.
That raised legitimate free speech concerns. But Trump's attack on the First Amendment is vastly more egregious and profound. Conservatives shouldn't pretend otherwise www.vox.com/politics/462...
That raised legitimate free speech concerns. But Trump's attack on the First Amendment is vastly more egregious and profound. Conservatives shouldn't pretend otherwise www.vox.com/politics/462...
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Joe Biden pressured social media companies to suppress anti-vax advocacy during the COVID pandemic.
That raised legitimate free speech concerns. But Trump's attack on the First Amendment is vastly more egregious and profound. Conservatives shouldn't pretend otherwise www.vox.com/politics/462...
That raised legitimate free speech concerns. But Trump's attack on the First Amendment is vastly more egregious and profound. Conservatives shouldn't pretend otherwise www.vox.com/politics/462...
Trump's FCC isn't just threatening to take regulatory action against broadcasters who air criticism of the president. It has already done so. www.vox.com/politics/462...
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump's FCC isn't just threatening to take regulatory action against broadcasters who air criticism of the president. It has already done so. www.vox.com/politics/462...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Conservatives have decided to honor Charlie Kirk's memory by embracing woke safety-ism
www.vox.com/politics/461...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Conservatives have decided to honor Charlie Kirk's memory by embracing woke safety-ism
www.vox.com/politics/461...
www.vox.com/politics/461...