WaPo: CA/NY not a lock for House Dems

California and New York reign supreme in the fight for the House majority, the Washington Post reports. 

Yet after the “reliably liberal bastions saw voters successfully swayed by Republican messaging around inflation and crime,” Hakeem Jeffries should be breaking out in cold sweats about his chances to hold the gavel.

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The House majority will be won in liberal states. It’s still not a lock for Democrats.
Washington Post
Marianna Sotomayor & Leigh Ann Caldwell
12/1/23
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/01/house-majority-new-york-california/

In the 2022 midterms, Democratic voters motivated by the repeal of federal abortion protections blunted an expected “red wave” that eventually saw Republicans take control of the House with a smaller-than-expected majority.

But then there were New York and California.

The reliably liberal bastions saw voters successfully swayed by Republican messaging around inflation and crime. It was wins inthe two blue states that pushed Republicans into the House majority.

Now, both Republicans and Democrats view those states as critical to winning the House majority in 2024. Democrats see the majority squarely within their grasp as 11 of the 18 House districts held by Republicans that President Biden won in 2020 are embedded throughout California and New York. But Republicans see an opportunity to defend their incumbents and possibly expand their gains, confident that their message will continue to resonate among Democratic and moderate voters. 

Read the full piece here.