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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,604 - California Is Getting More and More Republican
Description: Donald Trump significantly outperformed his 2020 and 2016 presidential election performances in the state of California on Tuesday, while progressives were unseated as mayor of San Francisco and Los Angeles County district attorney.
The results provide evidence of what University College London (UCL) political scientist Thomas Gift called a "right-shift" in the Golden State, which has seen Republicans making something of a revival.
As of 10 a.m. ET on Friday Trump was on 39.8 percent in the Golden State, behind Democratic rival Kamala Harris on 57.6 percent, with 59 percent of the votes counted...