Important US politics lessons to learn from Hungary today:
It looks quite likely (87% on polymarket as of writing) that the entrenched 16-year incumbent Viktor Orban will be defeated in the election today, and likely it will be by a healthy margin.
How was this achieved by the opposition? They united completely behind Peter Magyar, a former member of Orban's party who was the victim of a ridiculous scandal by the government. Magyar is an ideological conservative with a big tent coalition, tactically breaking with Orban on key issues while largely agreeing with him on nationalistic principles. Magyar will win ridiculous margins and record turnout with anti-Orban liberals even though he is quite skeptical of immigrants and refuses to support Budapest pride rallies.
If either party in America really wanted to become big-tent they would likely achieve similar results.