"Last November Donald Trump recaptured the presidency and helped his party gain control of both chambers of Congress. He and his MAGA backers heralded it as the beginning of a realignment that would give the GOP a long-standing majority, and give the president a popular mandate to do many unprecedented and unspeakable things. Democrats largely believed this spin and fell into mutual recriminations and despair."
"They flipped the governorship of Virginia and held onto the governorship of New Jersey, in each instance crushing their Republican opponents. In New York City, Zohran Mamdani won easily on a wave of high turnout and voter excitement. At the same time, Democrats stopped efforts to purge their judges in Pennsylvania and rig voting rules in Maine. Even one of their weakest candidates, Virginia Attorney General nominee Jay Jones, beset by a text-message scandal involving violent fantasies about Republicans, won anyway."
Last November Donald Trump recaptured the presidency and his party won control of both chambers of Congress, with MAGA supporters promising a lasting realignment. One year later Democrats swept almost every competitive 2025 race, flipping the Virginia governorship, holding New Jersey, and winning New York City with Zohran Mamdani amid high turnout. Democrats also blocked judge-purge efforts in Pennsylvania and attempts to rig voting rules in Maine. Even troubled candidates like Virginia Attorney General nominee Jay Jones prevailed. Exit polls show young, Latino, Asian-American, and Black voters shifting away from Trump and the GOP, and Californians are set to approve Prop 50 to alter congressional maps.
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