Did the Democrats ahead of 2028 go further left or figure out how to moderate?

If you look at the victories across the country, they came from sort of center, center left candidates.

The ones on the far left socialist DSA wing make a lot of noise, but that's not what won the election.

I think the DSA types were hoping that the Democrats would win, but with a narrow margin so they could be effectively the freedom caucus of the Democratic Party.

And I don't think that's what's going to happen, just the opposite.

The number of the conservative Democrats, which they call the blue dogs, that caucus has doubled in number.

And I think they'll be setting the tone.

Steve, what's your reading on the ballot initiative outcomes?

Who are these people, Steve?

I think that was a, yeah, screw you vote.

They knew who they were voting for.

I just wanted a register of protest.

But, you know, listen, I mean, I think the governor actually did some kind of executive order urging counties to count votes faster.

A lot of good that did.

He didn't give many money to hire more people to do it.

What do you think happens here? Do you have a view, Steve?

They've triggered this response, and we're not gonna roll over, and we're gonna fight fire with fire.

So the, the process is he declares a special election, the legislature passes a bill with maps.

That goes onto the ballot for a special election in November of this year.

Voters vote up-... are down on it, and then it goes into effect in December.

We have the largest congressional delegation in the nation, and it's overwhelmingly dominated by Democrats now.

But there are ways, through gerrymandering, that could gain us even more seats.

The numbers are, go from five to seven depending on who you talk to.

It's giving people the power to draw congressional maps instead of having it be a partisan process that only benefits one side, r- right?