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Like we all knew all along and yet some of us are in denial, trump and his goons are doing a tremendous shit job.
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Democrats swept statewide contests in Virginia, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania and racked up victories in lower profile races, leaving party leaders jubilant and eager to declare the election a referendum on Trump.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the results are a "repudiation of the Trump agenda." The president, meanwhile, blamed the government shutdown and the fact that he wasn't on the ballot.
A former Trump campaign advisor said the president would shift his focus to the economy and affordability in 2026, even as Democrats saw the cost of living as a winning issue in next year's mid-term elections.
Democrats sweep 2025 elections: Results show wins in NYC, Virginia, New Jersey, California
Trump loomed large over the Nov. 4 contests, the first big test of voter sentiment since he won every swing state and the popular vote in 2024. The outcome couldn't have been better for Democrats.
Democrats Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey won races for governor by wide margins in states where Trump made gains in 2024, and California voters resoundingly approved a ballot measure aimed at checking Trump's efforts to create more Republican-leaning congressional seats.
The party saw a slate of new leaders emerge, most notably 34-year-old New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who energized young voters with a progressive agenda that drew Trump's ire.
America's mayor? Why people outside of New York should care about Mamdani's victory
The Democratic romp came as Trump's approval rating sags and 61% of voters in a new CNN/SSRS poll blamed Trump for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ults-trump-shutdown-live-updates/87097290007/

Democrats say their Tuesday night wave of election victories is a referendum against President Trump.
Zac Anderson Cybele Mayes-Osterman Rebecca Morin Erin Mansfield Bart Jansen Joey Garrison Sarah D. Wire Phillip M. BaileyUSA TODAY
- Democrats won races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and California voters approved a ballot measure that could cost the GOP as many as five seats in Congress.
- "Last night, if that wasn't a message to all Republicans, then we've got our heads jammed in the ground," said Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia.
- President Trump attacked New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as "a communist."
- California Republicans sued to stop Proposition 50, which voters approved by a wide margin Tuesday night. The measure will redraw Congressional maps, hurting the GOP.
Democrats swept statewide contests in Virginia, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania and racked up victories in lower profile races, leaving party leaders jubilant and eager to declare the election a referendum on Trump.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the results are a "repudiation of the Trump agenda." The president, meanwhile, blamed the government shutdown and the fact that he wasn't on the ballot.
A former Trump campaign advisor said the president would shift his focus to the economy and affordability in 2026, even as Democrats saw the cost of living as a winning issue in next year's mid-term elections.
Democrats sweep 2025 elections: Results show wins in NYC, Virginia, New Jersey, California
Trump loomed large over the Nov. 4 contests, the first big test of voter sentiment since he won every swing state and the popular vote in 2024. The outcome couldn't have been better for Democrats.
Democrats Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey won races for governor by wide margins in states where Trump made gains in 2024, and California voters resoundingly approved a ballot measure aimed at checking Trump's efforts to create more Republican-leaning congressional seats.
The party saw a slate of new leaders emerge, most notably 34-year-old New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who energized young voters with a progressive agenda that drew Trump's ire.
America's mayor? Why people outside of New York should care about Mamdani's victory
The Democratic romp came as Trump's approval rating sags and 61% of voters in a new CNN/SSRS poll blamed Trump for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ults-trump-shutdown-live-updates/87097290007/

