Two of our Political Science professors, Victor Menaldo and Mark Alan Smith, are interviewed about Washington State's recent election results, turning more to the left than rest of the country.
As Democrats assess why they lost the presidency and potentially both chambers of Congress, politicians in left-leaning Washington state are preparing to help lead the resistance against the next Trump administration.
In recent elections, tech-heavy regions have broken for Democrats, and "Washington is exceptional in how technologically intensive our economy is," Victor Menaldo, a University of Washington political science professor who co-wrote a book on the topic, told Axios.
Democrats' messaging on abortion rights may also have landed better in Washington, which "has always been one of the most liberal states on abortion," Mark Alan Smith, a political science professor at the University of Washington, told Axios.
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