The Daily Populous Wednesday November 5th, 2025 evening edition
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Voters in races across the country backed Democrats, including in New York’s mayoral race and contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, rejecting President Donald Trump’s late and lightweight push for his preferred candidates. Democrats secured another expected win in California, where voters approved a new congressional map that is designed to help their party win five more U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

Though the candidates and local issues all played a role in the results, voter attitudes about the president and his agenda were central to their choices and offered the first clear review from voters of Trump’s agenda just nine months after he returned to power.

Top Democrats celebrated the results as a major victory over Trump. The president meanwhile was quick to respond to the results on Tuesday night with a defensive social media post after results came. Citing pollsters, Trump said that “TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT,” and the federal government shutdown “WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT.”

In Virginia, where there’s a concentration of federal workers impacted by the government shutdown and Trump’s sweeping layoffs of the federal workforce, voters flipped control of the governor’s mansion and elected Democrat Abigail Spanberger as the state’s first female to lead the state. In New Jersey, where Trump endorsed the Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli and held several tele-rallies on his behalf, voters instead chose to keep Democrats in power and elected Congresswoman Mikie Sherill.

New York City is Trump’s hometown but he remains widely unpopular in the Democratic stronghold. His frequent comments and social media posts warning that the nation’s largest city would slip into ruin if Democrat Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, was elected mayor may have narrowed the race some, but Trump’s late endorsement of independent former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who stepped down following a scandal four years ago, may have backfired.

zeradragon on November 5th, 2025 at 05:05 UTC »

Upcoming vote: Texas voters to vote on requiring water to contain two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen...

JerryDipotosBurner on November 5th, 2025 at 03:55 UTC »

Wow, very bold of them to reaffirm what’s already a federal law.

EDIT: Alright, for those replying “some states allow non-citizens to vote in local elections!”, Texas law already required citizenship to register and vote in local elections.

“Oh well constitutional amendments can’t be overturned like laws can!” Sure they can, it’s just harder. The end result is the same, though.

drrtydan on November 5th, 2025 at 03:52 UTC »

ok. so what’s different?