Democrats Had a Theory of the Election. They Were Wrong. NYT | Top Stories Lydia Polgreen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Vishakha Darbha 8 November 2024 at 05:00 Two columnists argue that the left neglected to hear what Americans were telling them over the past four years. © Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by RobinOlimb/Getty