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Los Angeles Times

15 Sep, 7 tweets, 3 min read

Gov. Newsom decisively fended off a recall with a two-pronged strategy: nonstop GOP bashing & an unapologetic embrace of vaccine mandates.

Now, the architects of his win say Democrats across the country should follow suit in next year’s midterm election.

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Those same techniques may not work as well in a less Democratic state, and they hardly negate the problems that Democrats face, both in California and Washington, in turning their ideas into governing policy.

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But the campaign offered insights that will inform strategies over the next 14 months.

Here are three:
🔹 Trump still wins elections — for Democrats
🔹 The politics of vaccination
🔹 Polls, frauds and turnout

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“Step one: Name the villains,” said Sean Clegg, a top campaign advisor. “Step two: Describe the stakes” — which Newsom portrayed as a life-or-death choice on ending the pandemic.

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Newsom’s campaign realized early that California’s overwhelming Democratic tilt would do little good if those voters didn’t show up.

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The asymmetry was especially pronounced in this election off-year; the campaign’s focus groups found that Democrats were eager to disconnect from political news.

That dynamic threatens to carry over into the 2022 midterm elections.

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While Newsom’s path to victory may offer some guidance for his party in the upcoming campaign season, it has not upended the fundamental political landscape.

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