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Trump gained support in California. What does that mean for the so-called resistance?

Dec 05, 2024 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -12% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Trump beat Harris there by 463 votes, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win the county since 1988, when voters chose George H.W. Bush.
56% : In 2020, Imperial County supported Biden by 24.4% of the vote -- a roughly 25-point swing with voters choosing Trump this year by 0.8%.
54% : "Although Vice President Kamala Harris easily won the state with 58.5% of the vote, Trump, as of Wednesday, had received 6,081,688 votes -- about 75,000 more than he received four years ago and nearly 1.6 million more than he received in 2016.
50% : After county vote tallies were finalized, Trump earned his final blue-to-red flip in rural Imperial County, a longtime Democratic stronghold that borders Mexico and Arizona.
49% : But support for Trump in California has undoubtedly increased, and Republican state lawmakers have called the special session and all the talk about "Trump-proofing" California mere political theater.
35% : "Meanwhile, three members of the Los Angeles Unified School District board who were just elected or reelected "are focused with apprehension" on Trump and his plans for mass deportation, ending diversity programs, nixing the teaching of history and other topics he deems "woke," and curtailing rights recently extended to transgender and nonbinary students in California.
33% : "Trump flipped nine California counties that voted for Biden: Butte, Fresno, Merced, Imperial, Inyo, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin and Stanislaus.
31% : "The newcomers' defensive posture against Trump is in sync with the school board members they will join next week," The Times' Howard Blume reported.
30% : Including Imperial, Trump flipped nine California counties that voted for Biden.
30% : "This stand could mark the nation's second-largest school system as a target for Trump, who has threatened to withhold federal funding from districts that oppose his agenda.

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