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RandySF

(85,129 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:08 PM Saturday

'A trend that can't be ignored': Dems have made up ground in nearly every election since Trump took office

In some other year, Analilia Mejia’s 20-point win in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District might have been a stunning result.

But the progressive organizer’s romp on Thursday elicited little shock, despite the margin in a district former Vice President Kamala Harris had carried by just 8 points.

It was the latest in a long string of Democratic overperformances in elections since President Donald Trump took office last year, and nowhere near the biggest.

A POLITICO analysis of 229 state and federal elections since Trump’s inauguration shows Democratic candidates outperformed Harris in 193 of them. On average, Democratic candidates overperformed Harris by 5 points. In a handful of special elections, they have pulled more than 20 points to the left.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/18/democrats-special-election-results-analysis-00879021

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'A trend that can't be ignored': Dems have made up ground in nearly every election since Trump took office (Original Post) RandySF Saturday OP

Mahalo for this, Randy... I've been Cha Saturday #1

Cha

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1. Mahalo for this, Randy... I've been

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Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:29 PM

Saturday

talking about this very thing.

Explaining to those saying "Dems aren't Fighting for us.... they are, and the Proof is in the Wins!

Dems Have to Win Back the House and the Senate To Get Anything Done. And Dems in Congress are out there every day fighting Fascism while in the Minority.

It's so easy for anyone to come along and say they're not, that they can do it... well, Big News Flash.. they can't do it alone

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