Trump and recent gains give the California Republican Party hope

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Just like Reagan was transformational figure in the political world, Donald Trump is a transformational figure," said former state GOP chairman Jim Brulte.
62% : Trump also did better with Latinos across the nation, winning 43% of their votes, according to the Associated Press.
54% : "I believe, of course, that people turned up to the polls to embrace Donald Trump, to embrace the America first agenda ... but more so, I believe that people turned up to the polls to reject absurdity, and that is what the Democratic Party has become.
44% : Over a million more Californians voted for Trump in the 2020 presidential election than voted to recall Newsom in 2021.
43% : Once dominated by Reagan-era Republicans who favored traditional conservative policies including opposing the Russia-led Soviet Union and favoring free trade, the California GOP is being reshaped by Trump's populism.
36% : Inside, delegates posed with giant cutouts of Trump, wore glittery gold-sequined jackets emblazoned with "Trump the Golden Era" and snapped up "MAGA" rhinestone jewelry.
28% : Panels during the three-day gathering at the Hyatt Regency and the convention center in Sacramento focused on issues such as "lawfare," a practice Trump supporters argue weaponized the legal system against him and his goals.
25% : Trump also did better among Latino and Black voters than other recent Republican presidential nominees, so it's unclear whether California Republicans improved performance is part of a fundamental realignment of the base of the political parties or if its specific to Trump and evaporates once he leaves office.
24% : Though Trump lost the state by 20 points to former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee and Californian, the Republican received more votes in November here than he did in the last two presidential elections.
23% : Republicans also touted a potential 2026 California ballot measure to require voter ID and proof of citizenship for anyone casting ballots, which Trump demanded the state adopt in exchange for federal disaster relief in the aftermath of the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires earlier this year.

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