California Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged from a recall election on Sept. 14, 2021, as the big winner, having secured a heavy majority of the vote. But while most eyes were on the result itself, another important shift was playing out: California’s growing role in national Democratic politics.
President Joe Biden, campaigning for Newsom a day before voting ended, alluded to this shift, telling a friendly crowd: “This is not hyperbole: The eyes of the nation are on California … the decision you’re about to make isn’t just going to have a huge impact on California. It’s going to reverberate around the nation. And quite frankly, it’s not a joke, around the world.”
For many years, California was of secondary importance in the eyes of the party, well behind the narrowly divided “swing states” in the Midwest whose voting proclivities were diced and spliced by campaign strategists. But now, California is being seen as a political barometer for the party in its own right,...
learn more
Ratings & Reviews
Entrepreneur & Investor
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE