Days before the election, Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to have the momentum. The polls indicated it was a tight race, with Harris having a slight edge. But in the end, American voters decisively chose Donald Trump. According to an Associated Press survey, Trump held his core base of voters and slightly expanded his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base. To unpack the results of the election, we speak with Christine Todd Whitman, former Republican Governor of the state of New Jersey who also served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Republican President George W. Bush.
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