VA Republican Gov Youngkin won by a very slim margin (63K votes).... so to say HAD A REPUBLICAN GOV....yeah barely. Again.... a blue state returning BLUE.
The referendum in CA the voting districts..... THE PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE VOTING FOR....
I saw many independent journalists go out and asked people how they voted on it. Many who voted yes when asked by the journalist if they "agreed that districts should be made by an independent bipartisan committee and not the political party in charge".... the people agreed and said YES.... and that is why they voted for the proposition. That proposition did the opposite of what they thought.
Now what the proposition is doing is what is going on in other states. But it is showing you that the campaign for the proposition didn't state exactly what it was it or how it would work. Many Voters were ignorant. Also CA.... is BLUE.
The wins in MS and other "red" counties are a little telling but not so much. Those same ones back in 2020 were not "landslides" for Trump. So they were slightly turning or more middle ground as well.
Again.... to boast this election as a "HUGE WIN" isn't what it is. What it did do was show that the "RED WAVE" that people were bragging about wasn't coming. If VA and NJ would have stayed Republican governors, gotten more Republican politicians in the other races in those states, NYC gotten Cumo in again (shift back towards center), prop 50 not passed in CA, etc. Then it would have looked more like a RED WAVE.
I am glad you and other think this is some HUGE VICTORY for your party. But it isn't. It is holding on. But what happened in NYC is showing a shift to the radical side. Hopefully some of this stuff works out and he doesn't go as radical as people think.