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EJ Dionne

@EJDionne

New York Times opinion writer, Georgetown prof, Brookings senior fellow. Author of “Code Red” and Co-Author of “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting.”
Bethesda, MD Joined January 2012
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EJ Dionne @EJDionne
“They sacrificed, they died, they went to prison,” @Scott_Colom said in October. “They did that so we could have the one power they knew we needed at this moment, the power to vote.”
You could feel it happening then
Grateful I got to see history being made
nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opi…
www.nytimes.com Opinion | Could Mississippi Elect Its First Black Senator Since Reconstruction? A once-in-a-generation shot to turn a solidly Republican state blue.
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EJ Dionne @EJDionne
The GOP’s Red Wall in the South is crumbling. This would fundamentally change American politics — for the better for all of us, not just for Democrats.
My column:

nytimes.com/2026/11/10/opi…
www.nytimes.com Opinion | What a Democratic South Would Mean for American Politics What happens now that Republicans can’t take the South for granted?
Stewart Robson @srob_ 3d
I’m still in awe of this.

The Democratic Party won the popular vote for both the Senate and the House. The last time we won the Class II popular vote was in 1984, and the last time we won the South-wide House vote was in 1992.
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EJ Dionne @EJDionne
The Republicans’ “Red Wall” in the South collapsed in this election. This could undo the stultifying divisiveness that holds us back and put a genuinely New South — and also a new politics — within our reach.
My column
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/opi…
www.nytimes.com Opinion | What a Democratic South Would Mean for American Politics What happens now that Republicans can’t take the South for granted?
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EJ Dionne @EJDionne
The new House Dems “all represent a slice of a public suffering under an unfair and dysfunctional economy,” and thus agree on the “need for greater popular economic control.”
V-good @HaroldMeyerson on why the populist Class of ‘26 is not the Class of ‘74.
prospect.org/2026/11/09/the…
prospect.org The New Wave Democrats - The American Prospect Many come to Congress from previously Republican terrains, but all our terrains suffer the same economic problems.