Barack Obama Visits ‘The Daily Show’ After Wild Political Week To Talk Midterms, Young Voters, Democracy & Stand-Up

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President Barack Obama was a guest on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah tonight, following a busy post-midterms week in politics that saw the Democrats retain control of the Senate, the Republicans seize a majority in the House, Donald Trump announce a third White House run and Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing that she won’t seek a leadership role in the next Congress.

The ex-POTUS touched on those topics, and one of the quotes was a broad stroke but a teachable one: “Democracy requires, by definition, getting along with people who don’t agree with you,” he said.

You can watch the full 33-minute interview above. Obama also gave a shout-out to the young voters who made 2022 a midterm anomaly, after a much lower turnout in 2014. “[Donald] Trump comes in, and suddenly 2018, 2020 and now this one, you see young people come in, and they’re typically voting at a rate of 70-to-30, 60-to-40 Democrat to Republican — and that makes a huge difference.

So their enthusiasm is what really drove this election.” Watch the full interview below. RELATED: As Trevor Noah Heads For The Stage Door, ‘The Daily Show’ Team Shocked At Timing Of Exit Noah’s opening salvo was a good lob that bounced back on him. “Do you miss your name, by the way?” he asked. “Because everyone calls you ‘Mr.