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If there’s one takeaway from the latest election results for both parties, it’s that it should explode the “demographics” conversation that’s been dominating American politics this century. By “demographics” I mean an ongoing — often intensely racialized and divisive — debate about which party is positioning itself toward a durable long-term majority.

Instead, the political imagination is a little bigger today than it was on Monday. Donald Trump’s victory featured shifts to the right in counties, precincts, and groups across the country, almost all largely attributed to the same grievances with the status quo. In a world where New York and New Jersey can swing by double digits in a single election, neither party can take any voter for granted, nor treat them as impossibly out of reach.

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