The results are expected to spark soul-searching in the Democrat Party. 

Donald Trump has secured the presidency after claiming more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed.  

Kamala Harris is set to officially concede the race after projections show her securing only 223 votes to Trump’s 276. 

Former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant told Mike Hosking one of the big 'what ifs' the party will be grappling with is whether Harris was the right candidate. 

He says that voting on a candidate within the party could’ve risked splitting the Democratic Party and splitting the vote. 

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The results are expected to spark soul-searching in the Democrat Party.&nbsp;
Donald Trump has secured the presidency after claiming more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed. &nbsp;
Kamala Harris is set to officially concede the race after projections show her securing only 223 votes to Trump’s 276.&nbsp;
Former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant told Mike Hosking one of the big 'what ifs' the party will be grappling with is whether Harris was the right candidate.&nbsp;
He says that voting on a candidate within the party could’ve risked splitting the Democratic Party and splitting the vote.&nbsp;
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Nick Bryant: Former BBC Correspondent says the Election results are expected to spark questions around the Democrat's strategy

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The best thing about the result is you can't argue with it. 

You can hate it, but you can't argue with it. 

To win not just the College, but also the popular vote, gives the result a legitimacy that is rock solid. 

As I said yesterday, it's hard to know what the bigger deal is - a Trump victory or a Harris defeat? 

The Democrats will ask themselves how is it possible, with all their money, all their incumbency and all their endorsements, they could lose to that? 

The answer, of course, is obvious. That's not the point. The point is whether they will ever be able to bring themselves to see it. 

The lack of planning post-Biden was astonishing. You wonder whether Obama, who wanted a contested race as opposed to a coronation, was right, or would it have made no difference? Biden had done them irreparable damage. 

"Demography does not lead to democracy", was a Kellyanne Conway line I liked yesterday. In other words, treating black people, or women, or Latinos as a singular group and expecting them to act like sheep is a path to nowhere. 

Why don't they get that? 

There is a lesson there for this country and our debate around Māori. 

As a message, it's almost like America didn't realise what they had in Trump last time. Or maybe Covid and the economy was all they really cared about and the carnage they are living through is so great they just want better times. 

If there was a consistent line I heard over and over it was: "I was richer under Trump".   

That's uniquely American. You would never hear people in New Zealand say "I was richer under Key" or "I was richer under Luxon". 

How do you explain young people? Harris underperformed everywhere. 

Look at New York for God's sake. They hate him, they indict him, then they vote for him in increased numbers. 

Speaking of indictments, what happens to his legal woes? And how mad does that all get? 

How about that Iowa poll from the Seltzer Group that we fell over? Yes, it was an outlier and a blow to their reputation and pollsters everywhere. 

The polls though, were within their margins. They roughly seemed right. Although the remaining states will probably go the way we think, they are close, as predicted. 

As I also said yesterday, you have to admire the force of nature he is. He is a lesson in being unrelenting. 

For all the madness, dishonesty and illegality, he overcame it all, not once, but twice. They will study it for years to try and make sense of it. 

Or maybe they already have made sense of it and it's uniquely American and it's us that thinks it's odd. 

Either way, it's clean, clear, unambiguous, show-stopping, possibly gobsmacking, and now we have the prospect of four years of who knows what. 

You'd like to think, given the campaign was slicker this time, the presidency will be slicker this time as well. 

A bit of legacy is in the back of their minds, so let's see. 

Buckle up. 

The best thing about the result is you can't argue with it.&nbsp;
You can hate it, but you can't argue with it.&nbsp;
To win not just the College, but also the popular vote, gives the result a legitimacy that is rock solid.&nbsp;
As I said yesterday, it's hard to know what the bigger deal is - a Trump victory or a Harris defeat?&nbsp;
The Democrats will ask themselves how is it possible, with all their money, all their incumbency and all their endorsements, they could lose to that?&nbsp;
The answer, of course, is obvious. That's not the point. The point is whether they will ever be able to bring themselves to see it.&nbsp;
The lack of planning post-Biden was astonishing. You wonder whether Obama, who wanted a contested race as opposed to a coronation, was right, or would it have made no difference? Biden had done them irreparable damage.&nbsp;
"Demography does not lead to democracy", was a Kellyanne Conway line I liked yesterday. In other words, treating black people, or women, or Latinos as a singular group and expecting them to act like sheep is a path to nowhere.&nbsp;
Why don't they get that?&nbsp;
There is a lesson there for this country and our debate around Māori.&nbsp;
As a message, it's almost like America didn't realise what they had in Trump last time. Or maybe Covid and the economy was all they really cared about and the carnage they are living through is so great they just want better times.&nbsp;
If there was a consistent line I heard over and over it was: "I was richer under Trump". &nbsp;&nbsp;
That's uniquely American. You would never hear people in New Zealand say "I was richer under Key" or "I was richer under Luxon".&nbsp;
How do you explain young people? Harris underperformed everywhere.&nbsp;
Look at New York for God's sake. They hate him, they indict him, then they vote for him in increased numbers.&nbsp;
Speaking of indictments, what happens to his legal woes? And how mad does that all get?&nbsp;
How about that Iowa poll from the Seltzer Group that we fell over? Yes, it was an outlier and a blow to their reputation and pollsters everywhere.&nbsp;
The polls though, were within their margins. They roughly seemed right. Although the remaining states will probably go the way we think, they are close, as predicted.&nbsp;
As I also said yesterday, you have to admire the force of nature he is. He is a lesson in being unrelenting.&nbsp;
For all the madness, dishonesty and illegality, he overcame it all, not once, but twice. They will study it for years to try and make sense of it.&nbsp;
Or maybe they already have made sense of it and it's uniquely American and it's us that thinks it's odd.&nbsp;
Either way, it's clean, clear, unambiguous, show-stopping, possibly gobsmacking, and now we have the prospect of four years of who knows what.&nbsp;
You'd like to think, given the campaign was slicker this time, the presidency will be slicker this time as well.&nbsp;
A bit of legacy is in the back of their minds, so let's see.&nbsp;
Buckle up.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: Mike's wrap of Trump's win

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To some, it seems that kids these days just don’t want to work. 

Australian Gen Z’s have been labelled as ‘arrogant’ by recruiter Tammie Christofis Ballis from Realistic Careers, saying their expectations are leaving a “bad taste” in bosses’ mouths. 

Ballis claims kids have told her they won’t get out of bed for anything less than $100,000. 

Jane Lowney, Senior Director of Robert Walters Brisbane, told Mike Hosking that the belief is a little bit harsh. 

She says that when they surveyed 5000 workers across Australia and New Zealand, the sentiment was broadly the same regardless of the way you sliced it. 

“I think the whole workforce is looking for things that are, you know, pretty aligned: salary, career progression, work-life balance.” 

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To some, it seems that kids these days just don’t want to work.&nbsp;
Australian Gen Z’s have been labelled as ‘arrogant’ by recruiter Tammie Christofis Ballis from Realistic Careers, saying their expectations are leaving a “bad taste” in bosses’ mouths.&nbsp;
Ballis claims kids have told her they won’t get out of bed for anything less than $100,000.&nbsp;
Jane Lowney, Senior Director of Robert Walters Brisbane, told Mike Hosking that the belief is a little bit harsh.&nbsp;
She says that when they surveyed 5000 workers across Australia and New Zealand, the sentiment was broadly the same regardless of the way you sliced it.&nbsp;
“I think the whole workforce is looking for things that are, you know, pretty aligned: salary, career progression, work-life balance.”&nbsp;
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Jane Lowney: Senior Director of Robert Walters Brisbane on the idea that Gen Z workers are arrogant

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 7th of November, it was an incredible night in the US. We get both the Republican and Democrat view on the historic Trump victory. 

We get a first hand account of what it was like at Kamala HQ as the votes rolled in and she lost the election. 

And our number one expert Nick Bryant tells us what a Trump presidency will look like second time around, and how the Dems can pick themselves up in four years' time. 

Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 7th of November, it was an incredible night in the US. We get both the <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/doug-heye-former-republican-party-communications-director-on-the-political-shift-in-the-united-states/">Republican</a> and <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/dan-morain-former-la-times-editor-on-kamala-harris-loss-to-donald-trump-in-the-us-election/">Democrat</a> view on the historic Trump victory.&nbsp;
We get a first hand account of what it was like at <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/thomas-coughlan-nz-herald-political-editor-on-kamala-harris-and-the-democratic-party-losing-the-2024-election/">Kamala HQ</a> as the votes rolled in and she lost the election.&nbsp;
And our number one expert Nick Bryant tells us what a Trump presidency will look like second time around, and how the Dems can pick themselves up in four years' time.&nbsp;
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.&nbsp;
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Full Show Podcast: 07 November 2024 

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Nick Bryant: Former BBC Correspondent says the Election results are expected to spark questions around the Democrat's strategy

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