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The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States
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The Hungarian prime minister's defeat demonstrates that opposition to his party was so strong it was able to overwhelm all the structures Viktor Orban put in place to protect his rule.
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Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
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Hungarian voters turned out in the historic numbers to turn away from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. NPR's Rob Schmitz discusses with reporter Esme Nicholson and pollster Abel Bojar.
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