In recent weeks, there has been a trend of Democratic-backed candidates making gains in seats typically held by Republican-endorsed electives, which could be an early warning sign for the GOP as the November midterms draw nearer, though the party has largely dismissed their impact.

Democratic-backed candidates flipped three seats in mayoral and city council elections in Whittier, California, and at the center of these elections were issues being discussed nationwide, like the impact of federal immigration enforcement as well as the economy.

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    10 hours ago

    Yes, exactly that. History is littered with dead empires though, so it’s not like things are in any way immutable, no matter how hard it might seem right now to imagine meaningful changes ever being made to the US political system.