President-elect Donald Trump was able to make significant, double-digit gains in two Democrat-controlled states during Tuesday’s election.
While all the votes have not been counted yet, a right-ward trend was observed in a number of nominally blue states such as New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois, as compared with the 2020 contest. All five states are dominated by Democrats in their respective state legislatures and have Democratic governors.
New Jersey
Trump was 5 percentage points behind Vice President Kamala Harris in New Jersey as of Friday with 94 percent of the vote counted. In comparison, the former president lost to President Joe Biden by nearly 16 percentage points in 2020….