Another slap in the face to Trump and Republicans….
Trump WAS doing Democrats a favor tonight….
It would appears that between Virgina, New York and California most Red State Redistricting efforts could be balanced out…
California voters approved Gavin Newsom’s plan to oust Republican incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Democrats up to five more seats in next year’s midterm elections, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
The victory gives Democrats a jolt of momentum amid a national redistricting war while delivering a blow to President Donald Trump. It also bolsters Newsom’s presidential prospects by handing the California governor a win in the nationalized campaign he led.
Conceived in response to Texas drawing new Republican-friendly lines at Trump’s behest, Proposition 50 catapulted an off-year ballot initiative into the center of American politics. The snap campaign consumed well over $100 million and drew prominent national Democrats into a proxy fight over Trump’s agenda and his tactics to keep Washington under Republicans’ control.
Newsom and allies worked early to frame the election as an up-or-down vote on Trump, betting that California’s Democratic electorate would embrace the chance to repudiate the president. They enlisted popular figures like former President Barack Obama, raised a mountain of cash and portrayed an existential moment for American democracy — all in a three-month dash to get ahead of the midterms.
Their success demonstrates how, at least in a heavily Democratic state, combating Trump remains a potent campaign message for Democrats — a lesson that could shape messaging in key House races. While the president won a larger share of votes across California in 2024 compared to 2016, his second-term policies like tariffs and sweeping immigration raids have proven broadly unpopular….
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Good Night for Newsom 2028….
Nate Cohn shows how Democrats might end up being net winners in the redistricting wars [that the Democrats didn’t initiate] :
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/upshot/democrats-redistricting-gerrymanders.html
Nate is Johnnie come lately
Yours truly and Charlie Cook HAVE. Talked about this before the other’s woke the heck up and stopped kissing Trumps rear to report the story on the ground
The House IS going Majority Dem’s
Ole Donald IS working OVERTIME to make sure of it….