can't think of a stronger signal that we're in a real deal realignment tbh
Scott Colom just won the Senate seat held by some of the nation's most notorious Jim Crow authoritarians and we somehow can't get off this moderates vs. progressives trope. This simply wasn't what this election was about.
November 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
can't think of a stronger signal that we're in a real deal realignment tbh
Everything Republicans have said and done this week shows they’ve learned NOTHING.
They’re doubling down on the same MAGA extremism that led to a generational political realignment.
They’re doubling down on the same MAGA extremism that led to a generational political realignment.
November 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Everything Republicans have said and done this week shows they’ve learned NOTHING.
They’re doubling down on the same MAGA extremism that led to a generational political realignment.
They’re doubling down on the same MAGA extremism that led to a generational political realignment.
Between Blississippi and Congressional Republicans affirmatively choosing to continue down the path that made them so politically toxic to normie voters, I really do feel like we're in realignment territory.
November 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Between Blississippi and Congressional Republicans affirmatively choosing to continue down the path that made them so politically toxic to normie voters, I really do feel like we're in realignment territory.
Is there just an editor in charge of cope at the NYT now?
November 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Is there just an editor in charge of cope at the NYT now?
Sure, but Trump winning wasn’t the realignment the media treated it as either.
November 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sure, but Trump winning wasn’t the realignment the media treated it as either.
Coalitional realignment or just grifting?
November 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Coalitional realignment or just grifting?
The story of Southern realignment includes this:
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
November 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The story of Southern realignment includes this:
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
You should check on Dixiecrats, the Southern Strategy, and realignment
November 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
You should check on Dixiecrats, the Southern Strategy, and realignment
if i'm right, i don't know if this will land like a realignment, or just scramble everyone's brains
November 11, 2026 at 10:24 AM
if i'm right, i don't know if this will land like a realignment, or just scramble everyone's brains
The question remains: is this electorate that elastic or is a wholesale realignment happening?
More House votes tallied up by @votehub.com
Dems won House vote in OH, IN, IA, TX, AZ, GA, NC, PA, MI, WI
came within 1% of UT, MO
within 5% of KS, FL, SC
Dems won House vote in OH, IN, IA, TX, AZ, GA, NC, PA, MI, WI
came within 1% of UT, MO
within 5% of KS, FL, SC
November 7, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The question remains: is this electorate that elastic or is a wholesale realignment happening?
its a potentially generational realignment. don't waste it.
November 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
its a potentially generational realignment. don't waste it.
Hey I forget did they question the strength of the political "realignment" enjoyed by Trump when he won by 1.5% 🤔?
November 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Hey I forget did they question the strength of the political "realignment" enjoyed by Trump when he won by 1.5% 🤔?
Maintaining morale is in fact a key enabler of *making* it a durable realignment
November 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Maintaining morale is in fact a key enabler of *making* it a durable realignment
You can say the r-word again (realignment)
November 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
You can say the r-word again (realignment)
The funny thing is that if McConnell had gone all in on convicting Trump, it's likely 2024 would have been a landslide for a comparatively normal Republican candidate--with a national realignment in favor of the GOP.
Instead the realignment is happening in 2026-28 in the opposite direction.
Instead the realignment is happening in 2026-28 in the opposite direction.
He will perish knowing that by wavering in convicting Trump, he turned Texas blue and left a good chance that the entire Federalist Society protect he spent decades of his life and political capital on will be undone in just a few years after he is gone.
November 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The funny thing is that if McConnell had gone all in on convicting Trump, it's likely 2024 would have been a landslide for a comparatively normal Republican candidate--with a national realignment in favor of the GOP.
Instead the realignment is happening in 2026-28 in the opposite direction.
Instead the realignment is happening in 2026-28 in the opposite direction.
Consequences of thinking 2024 was a realignment election instead of a thermostatic one for youth
Its so fucking funny half of them think that Kirk was this lost saviour who would have kept the youth vote. I bet in a few weeks the delusional will have developed to "Charlie Kirk would have stopped Trump from bombing Iran"
November 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Consequences of thinking 2024 was a realignment election instead of a thermostatic one for youth
Hyde-Smith switched parties in 2010 while still in the state Senate, right in the thick of that realignment. #MSSen #Mississippi
November 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Hyde-Smith switched parties in 2010 while still in the state Senate, right in the thick of that realignment. #MSSen #Mississippi
Realignment is real.
The story of Southern realignment includes this:
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
Black Senator-elect Scott Colom is a Democrat but his father ran for office as a Republican.
When white Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith first won public office, it was as a Democrat.
November 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Realignment is real.
I think he also believed that he had a chance at senate re-elect, and/or a presidential run. that was all predicated on the MAGA 1000 year realignment. now he knows he has no future except losing.
Dude thought he was going to be important and now he’s completely irrelevant 💀
November 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
I think he also believed that he had a chance at senate re-elect, and/or a presidential run. that was all predicated on the MAGA 1000 year realignment. now he knows he has no future except losing.
"Call your senator to urge them to limit conference realignment to precisely 19.0 teams." I don't think that sounds quite as fun as telling them to jail Elon
Running ads for Ted Cruz's college sports bill after the midterms like island soldiers who don't know WW2 ended
November 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"Call your senator to urge them to limit conference realignment to precisely 19.0 teams." I don't think that sounds quite as fun as telling them to jail Elon
Realignment here we come!
BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Scott Colom wins election to U.S. Senate from Mississippi.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Scott Colom wins election to U.S. Senate from Mississippi.
November 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Realignment here we come!
It's weird being told by a medical professional that my crystals need realignment and knowing that it's perfectly rational and biologically sound
November 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's weird being told by a medical professional that my crystals need realignment and knowing that it's perfectly rational and biologically sound
Like the last Japanese soldiers on islands hanging on for decades 'whattaya mean realignment happened in 68?'
November 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Like the last Japanese soldiers on islands hanging on for decades 'whattaya mean realignment happened in 68?'
Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time
Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time
Many savvy pundits on X framed the 2024 election as a massive political realignment and Bluesky as a “copium” den for progressives in a bubble. Boy, were they wrong.
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time
One thing that strongly suggests this is a realignment and not a reversion to some prior mean is that the Democrats of the 2020s South are not the Democrats of the 1990s South. Eg Talarico obviously modulates his message for his audience but is not at all a DLC type as far as I can tell.
Between Blississippi and Congressional Republicans affirmatively choosing to continue down the path that made them so politically toxic to normie voters, I really do feel like we're in realignment territory.
November 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
One thing that strongly suggests this is a realignment and not a reversion to some prior mean is that the Democrats of the 2020s South are not the Democrats of the 1990s South. Eg Talarico obviously modulates his message for his audience but is not at all a DLC type as far as I can tell.