What Went Down At The California Recall Election: Live Results

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.