{"id":129304,"date":"2024-11-23T21:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129304"},"modified":"2024-11-23T21:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T14:33:19","slug":"reasons-for-hope-as-democrats-prevent-trump-led-red-wave-in-state-races-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129304","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for hope as Democrats prevent Trump-led red wave in state races | Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><span style=\"color:var(--drop-cap);font-weight:500;\" class=\"dcr-15rw6c2\">A<\/span>fter watching Kamala Harris lose the White House and Republicans wrest back full control of Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Democrats<\/a> were bracing for disaster in state legislatures. With the party defending narrow majorities in several chambers across the country, some Democrats expected that Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the presidential race would allow a red wave to sweep through state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">And yet, when the dust had settled after election day, the results of state legislative elections presented a much more nuanced picture than Democrats had feared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">To their disappointment, Democrats failed to gain ground in Arizona and New Hampshire, where Republicans expanded their legislative majorities, and they lost governing trifectas in Michigan and Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But other states delivered reason for hope. Democrats held on to a one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania house even as Harris and congressional incumbents struggled across the state. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/northcarolina\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">North Carolina<\/a>, Democrats brought an end to Republicans\u2019 legislative supermajority, restoring Governor-elect Josh Stein\u2019s veto power. Perhaps most encouragingly for the party, Democrats made substantial gains in Wisconsin, where newly redrawn and much more competitive maps left the party well poised to gain majorities in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The mixed results could help Democrats push back against Republicans\u2019 federal policies at the state level, and they offer potential insight on the party\u2019s best electoral strategies as they prepare for the new Trump era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe must pay attention to what\u2019s going on in our backyard with the same level of enthusiasm that we do to what\u2019s happening in the White House,\u201d said Heather Williams, the president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC). \u201cAnd I feel like that\u2019s never been more true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The implications of the state legislative elections will be sweeping, Williams said. Democratic legislators have already helped protect abortion access in their states following the overturning of Roe v Wade, and with Republicans overseeing the federal budget, state legislatures could play a pivotal role in funding critical and underresourced services for their constituents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Those high stakes have made Democrats increasingly aware of the importance of state legislatures, where Republicans have held a significant advantage in recent years. In 2016, when Trump first won office, Republicans held 68 legislative chambers compared with Democrats\u2019 31. Following the elections this month, Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/state-legislatures-news\/details\/election-outcomes-status-quo-in-the-states-despite-federal-level-gop-gains\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">expect<\/a> to control 38 chambers, down from 41 before the elections but still a notable improvement since the beginning of Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">As Democrats have turned more of their attention to state legislative races, outside groups have joined the fight. The States Project, a Democratic-aligned organization, poured $70m into legislative elections this cycle, while the Super Pac Forward Majority devoted another $45m to the effort. The funding provided a substantial boon beyond the resources of the DLCC, the party\u2019s official state legislative campaign arm that set a spending goal of $60m this cycle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"eab1aeaa-0428-4313-9397-903375b42dc7\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Daniel Squadron, then a New York state senator, in 2014.<\/span> Photograph: Andrew Burton\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s not rocket science that dollars, tactics and message are potent ways to communicate with voters,\u201d said Daniel Squadron, co-founder of the States Project. \u201cWe provide the dollars to candidates that let them get off the phones, separate themselves from in-state special interests and allow them to talk to voters and to treat these campaigns like the big-league contests they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Historically, Democratic state legislative candidates have trailed several points behind the party\u2019s presidential nominee, but early data suggests legislative candidates actually outperformed Harris in some key districts. Squadron believes face-to-face interactions with voters, as well the high quality of many Democratic state legislative candidates this cycle, helped stave off larger losses down ballot even as the party suffered in federal races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThat is the only way it was possible to hold the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/pennsylvania\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Pennsylvania<\/a> house when the statewide results were so disappointing. It\u2019s the reason the North Carolina house supermajority was broken,\u201d Squadron said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Democrats\u2019 strategies appear to have proved particularly potent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/wisconsin\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Wisconsin<\/a>, where the party picked up 10 seats in the state assembly and four seats in the state senate. Andrew Whitley, executive director of the Wisconsin senate Democratic caucus, credited the wins to savvy candidates who combined a message about the importance of abortion access with hyperlocal issues important in their specific districts. The strategy allowed candidates to outperform Harris and\/or Senator Tammy Baldwin in four out of five targeted senate races, according to data provided by Whitley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s very rare when you have bottom-of-the-ticket state legislators over-perform Kamala and Senator Baldwin,\u201d Whitley said. \u201cThey worked their asses off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In senate district 14, which stretches north-west from Madison, Democrat Sarah Keyeski appears to have benefited from some of Trump\u2019s supporters failing to vote down ballot for the Republican incumbent, Joan Ballweg. But in senate district 8 in the Milwaukee suburbs and district 30 in Green Bay, a small yet decisive number of voters split their ticket between Trump and Democratic legislative candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The results suggest that Trump\u2019s playbook may not be enough to elevate Republican state legislators to victory, presenting an opening for Democrats in future election cycles. As further evidence of that trend, Democrats managed to hold four Senate seats in states that Trump carried on election day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe Maga [\u2018Make America Great Again\u2019] playbook doesn\u2019t work at the state legislative level,\u201d said Leslie Martes, chief strategy officer of Forward Majority. \u201cTrump is Trump, and he\u2019s incredibly masterful at what he does, but as we see time after time, Republicans struggle to duplicate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The next big test for Republicans will come next year in Virginia, where Democrats hope to flip the governor\u2019s mansion and maintain control of both legislative chambers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis will be Trump\u2019s first task after this election to see if he can push that playbook,\u201d Martes said. \u201cHe\u2019ll want that to keep his mandate going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Williams and her team are already gearing up for 2025 and 2026, when Democrats will have another chance to expand their power in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Although the 2026 target map is still taking shape, Williams predicted it would look quite similar to this year\u2019s map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI feel like we can all kind of expect to see some of those familiar faces back,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are really competitive states, and that is where we are going to be focusing our attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Even though Democrats remain in the legislative minority in Wisconsin, Whitley expressed enthusiasm about the results and the road ahead. This year marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/25\/wisconsin-new-voting-maps-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">first time since 2012<\/a> that Wisconsin Democrats had the opportunity to run on competitive maps, and they broke Republicans\u2019 iron grip on the legislature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be truly historic,\u201d Whitley said. \u201cGone are the days where a manufactured majority can override vetoes and pass super-regressive policies. We\u2019re actually going to have some balance, and we\u2019re on the cusp of not only having a balanced legislature, but a trifecta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Democrats\u2019 performance in Wisconsin may offer a silver lining to party members who are still reeling from the news of Trump\u2019s victory and terrified about the possibilities of his second term in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to get lost in that hopelessness,\u201d Whitley said. \u201cBut then on the state legislative front, it\u2019s also very easy to be inspired by these folks who are just regular, everyday people, who are standing up for their communities and fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/23\/democrats-state-races\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After watching Kamala Harris lose the White House and Republicans wrest back full control of Congress, Democrats were bracing for disaster in state legislatures. 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