Want to understand what just happened? Try talking to Trump voters for a change.

How did this happen? That's the question every Democrat should be asking today, following former President Donald Trump's resounding defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris.

And to answer it, I've got a modest suggestion.

Don't study the exit polls. Don't blame Harris, or President Biden, or the news media, or the Russian bots. And don't read morning-after ruminations by demoralized liberals (except maybe mine).

Instead, talk to people who voted for Trump.

We haven't done nearly enough of that.