Nov. 4 marks the death knell for the old guard |
Politics is not an exact science. The results of some elections are hard to read. But not last week’s.
The results from the four major races on Nov. 4 — a governor’s race in Virginia and New Jersey, a mayor’s race in New York City, and an initiative campaign in California — leave no doubt.
Add in lesser-known, but still important, down-ballot results — two Democrats elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission; three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices retained; two new Democrats elected to the Mississippi state Senate; and expansion of Democratic control of the Virginia House of Representatives — and their meaning resonates even more loudly and clearly. There is no way President Trump or his MAGA supporters can explain away or spin it otherwise.
This off-year election was, first and foremost, a complete repudiation........