The failure of the GOP effort to recall Gavin Newsom seems ordained in retrospect, because after all...California. Having the alternative like nutjob Larry Elder didn't help the recall effort either.
Two things to take from this:
1) California needs to fix its screwed up recall system. There needs to be two separate votes, rather than the process now, where Newsome could've been recalled and Elder could've won with 25% of the vote. Just because Democrats hold the trifecta and a staggering lead in voter registration does not excuse a bad law.
2) Running on effective pandemic mitigation works. For all the caterwauling from the Spreadnecks and Legacy Teanderthals, running on masking and vaccines is popular. Trying to be DeSantis or Abbott isn't popular. Some of this is...California. But Newsom killed it among college educated Whites. Democrats need to lock up that demographic ahead of the 2022 midterms. College educated voters show up at midterms, and that is the key to Democrats maintaining control of the House.
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