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Podcast: The State of California
Episode: How much has voter sentiment shifted to the right?
Description: Final election numbers, both in California and nationwide, show that Donald Trump and the Republicans made significant gains, winning the White House and the Senate. There seems to have been a shift to the right among the electorate, even here in deep blue California. Kamala Harris did not do as well as Joe Biden did four years ago, the voters approved Proposition 36 to crack down on retail crime, ten California counties that voted for Joe Biden in 2020 voted for Donald Trump this time.
But was there really a shift in voter sentiment? Trump wound up below 50% of the national popular...