What Went Down At The California Recall Election: Live Results
Oof, that’s a tough one, Micah. It certainly makes for a pithy slogan for Democrats looking to take on Republicans in 2022 who have either been resistant to enacting policies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 or have flat-out refused to do so, but I worry that’s too neat of a narrative by half. I largely side with what Jacob said. To be sure, COVID-19 played a role in this recall, but I don’t think it’s something we can extract too much from and apply elsewhere.
Micah, I think the more succinct description of the campaign is, ‘I’m a Democrat, you’re a Democrat, let’s get this over with.’ Everything else is secondary to that, which also makes answering the second point tougher. We’ll have a better look at a more competitive state when Virginia holds its gubernatorial contest later this year. But California is its own beast, and I’d be wary of applying much of what we see here to swing states.
I’m curious for people’s takes on this tweet — if “no” wins as it’s looking like will happen:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1437979089206456325?s=21
- Is this an accurate description of how the campaign played out in California?
- If so, does it apply outside blue states (in swing states, to be exact)?