In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president for a second time.Shortly before that call was made, the Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon sat down to discuss the state of the election.Guest: 

• Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
• Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
• Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up.”

Background reading: 

• Follow live election updates.
• The Republican Party clinched control of the Senate.

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