In case people missed it - California shifted to the right as well

[Sympthsical]

52. I'm not saying we're turning red

Just that there was a very perceptible wobble. And a wobble for California can be a complete change in orbital path for a swing state. Our politicians can do something that loses them 20% of the electorate, and they could still eke out victories. I don't worry about that at the moment.

I'll disagree a bit on S.F. You have the particulars of the specific election correct. But I think it's the policies that opened the door to the contours of that race to begin with. It's like with Trump. We lost the working class, which left the doors wide open for authoritarian populism trample in. We didn't affirmatively bring it in, but the lack of action and attention were assistive.

San Francisco is a shitshow (sorry everyone, but I live in the Bay Area and it is). That mayoral election came with an engraved invitation for how it went down.