Let's talk about Mamdani, Spanberger, Sherrill, and Prop 50....

episode

Belle of the Ranch 4 min 1 speaker 5 chapters transcribed 1 month ago

▲ 0

Transcript

jump: chapters · speakers · find in transcript

Transcript

Transcript generated automatically by AI and may contain errors.

What were the nationwide Democratic election results and which races did they win?

Belle of the Ranch 0:01

Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Belle again. So today we're going to talk about the election results and what they mean. The short version is that it was a Democratic landslide from coast to coast. In New York City, Mom Dani won with about fifty percent of the vote, beating out the nearest candidate by about nine points. In New Jersey, Mikey Sherrill won the governor's race, beating the Republican candidate by about thirteen points. In Pennsylvania, in elections that were technically nonpartisan, three judges that were elected as Democrats got to stay on the bench for another ten year term. That keeps the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority liberal. They were all retained by about twenty points.

Belle of the Ranch 0:53

In Virginia, Abigail Spamberger won the governor's race with about fifty-seven percent of the vote.

How did Virginia’s governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general races unfold?

Belle of the Ranch 1:00

beating the Republican candidate by about fifteen points. In the lieutenant governor's race, Ghazala Hashmi won with about fifty-five percent of the vote. Even in the Attorney General's race, where the Democratic candidate was hit by controversy late in the campaign. Jay Jones still beat the Republican candidate by about six points. In the Texas House eighteenth district special election, no clear winner has emerged, which means it's going to runoffs. Both candidates in the runoff will be Democrats. The big ballot question is of course Prop fifty in California. It also passed in an absolute landslide, setting the stage for California to redistrict. In other words, Republicans lost every single major race, and normally they lost pretty big.

What is California’s Proposition 50 and why is it considered a landslide victory?

Belle of the Ranch 1:58

Republicans in competitive districts are probably very, very worried right now. Most will say this is a rejection of Trumpism. Which I mean that's a good read. But the Democrats also ran the correct candidates in the correct places. You aren't going to get much more different than Mom Donnie and Spamberger, but they both won their races easily. It's worth noting that both of the candidates did run mainly on economic messages. Hey, who would have guessed that the ex CIA candidate would do well in a state where like half the CIA retires to, while running on an economic message during a government shutdown in a state with a bunch of government employees? Or that a young energetic lefty would do well in New York when pushing lefty economic ideas.

Belle of the Ranch 2:53

It's a combination of two political truisms.

Why did Republicans lose every major race and what does it mean for the party?

Belle of the Ranch 2:56

All politics is local, but it's the economy stupid. Chuck Schumer came out immediately last night to declare the results a quote repudiation of the Trump agenda. Yes, it is. But Democrats can't just run on we're better than Trump. So is Nixon. That doesn't mean anything. And we'll talk about all of this more and go over the reaction on tomorrow's episode on the second channel. Trump for his part did the total Trumpian move. He posted to social media quote

What did exit polls reveal about Trump’s popularity and the economy’s role in the election?

Belle of the Ranch 3:33

Trump wasn't on the ballot and shutdown were the two reasons that Republicans lost elections tonight. Bell loves when he talks about himself in the third person. Yeah, that's not what the exit polls said. Exit polls said Trump was wildly unpopular among voters, even more than the Republican Party as a whole. And that only Virginia had a majority that thought the economy was doing well. Trump's name wasn't on the ballot, but his policies and economy were. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.

Select any passage to copy it with its citation or turn it into a shareable card.