Election Day Sees Blue Rebound | 11.5.25

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Speaker 3 The 2025 election results are in, and the political direction of several major cities and states has been decided. I'm Georgia Howe.
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Speaker 3 It's Wednesday, November 5th, and this is Morningwire.

Speaker 3 This election cycle showed that the Democratic Party has taken a hard swerve left. Where does the party go from here?

Speaker 2 The Democratic Party is moving ever more progressive left, heading down to full-on socialism.

Speaker 3 And as the government shutdown breaks records, Transportation Secretary Duffy warns of a massive air travel fallout.

Speaker 4 You'll see mass cancellations and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it.

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Speaker 3 Last night, Democrats scored a number of significant victories in statewide races across New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and California.

Speaker 3 Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest on the results. So, Cabot, this is the first big election night since President Trump's win in 2024.
Tell us, what did we see?

Speaker 6 Yeah, we said all week that Republicans would be facing an uphill battle here. The party in control of Washington almost always struggles in off-year elections.

Speaker 6 And the biggest races this year were all in blue states.

Speaker 6 But there's no doubt the Democrats, in many ways, exceeded expectations last night as they easily won both governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey, passed a significant ballot measure in California, and then scored an overwhelming mayoral victory in New York City.

Speaker 6 We'll start with that race, which was defined by enormous turnout.

Speaker 6 By 5 p.m., four hours before polls closed, there had already been more votes cast than in any mayoral race in more than three decades.

Speaker 6 And that enthusiasm clearly benefited one man, Zoran Mandani, the political newcomer and self-avowed socialist, trounced independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa by significant margins.

Speaker 6 Here he is, speaking last night at his victory rally.

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Speaker 7 tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city we can afford, and a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that. On January 1st,

Speaker 7 I will be sworn in as the mayor of New York City.

Speaker 6 Now, when it comes to New York City, it's worth noting, it's not all doom and gloom for Republicans this morning. There are plenty of folks in D.C.

Speaker 6 on the right who feel that his election victory could ultimately be a gift for the GOP come next November. Many of his policies are just wildly unpopular nationwide.

Speaker 6 So don't be surprised if you see Republicans working to promote him as a new standard bearer for the Democratic Party. You'll see his face in a lot of campaign ads outside of New York.

Speaker 3 All right. So potentially a small silver lining for the GOP there.
Now, let's look at New Jersey. They elected a new governor.

Speaker 6 Yeah, all week, this race appeared to be quite close. Most of the latest polling showed a dead heat, but it was not.

Speaker 6 Democrat Mikey Sherrill ultimately ended up scoring a decisive victory over Republican Jack Chitterelli, with the race being called within the first hour of polls closing. That was not expected.

Speaker 6 And if you dig into the numbers, ultimately, this election was decided by women. According to exit polls, Chitterelli won with male voters by a comfortable six-point margin.

Speaker 6 But among female voters, Cheryl won by a stunning 20-point margin. Democrats also won big on two of the most important issues, healthcare and the economy.

Speaker 6 Exit polling showed that nearly half of New Jersey voters listed those as their top priority. Cheryl won those folks by a more than two-to-one margin.

Speaker 6 And much like Donald Trump, Chitterelli did best in New Jersey among working class voters and white men.

Speaker 6 But in a state like New Jersey, those groups are simply not enough of the electorate to make a difference in the end. And that's a big reason you saw Democrats have so much success there.

Speaker 3 Next, we had the governor's race in the Commonwealth of Virginia. What did we see there?

Speaker 6 Well, it was another clean sweep for Democrats as their candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general all came out on top.

Speaker 6 The governor's race ended up being a blowout with Abigail Spanberger defeating Winston Earl Sears handily.

Speaker 6 The last few votes were still being counted early this morning, but it looked to be among the largest margins of victory for a Democrat gubernatorial candidate in the state in decades.

Speaker 6 Republicans ultimately really struggled to drive turnout in the state's deep red rural counties, while Spanberger ran up the score in heavily populated blue counties near DC, well outpacing Kamala Harris's performance from a year ago.

Speaker 6 That's important. For example, last November, Harris won the all-important Loudoun County by 16 points, but last night, Spanberger won it by 29%.

Speaker 6 And more broadly, if you zoom out, every single county in Virginia shifted blue compared to the 2024 election. Democrats very happy with the outcome in Virginia.

Speaker 3 Now, what about the attorney general in Virginia? There was a lot of scandal surrounding Jay Jones over his text messages. How did he fare?

Speaker 6 Yeah, the Democrat Jones took a major hit in the polls after leaked messages showed him wishing death on the children of a political opponent, saying, quote, only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.

Speaker 6 Spanberger took a lot of heat for refusing to disavow him, but ultimately, Democratic voters in the state were seemingly undeterred as he still came out on top, though it was considerably closer than the governor's race.

Speaker 6 And finally, down ticket, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi also prevailed, becoming the first Muslim woman to hold statewide office in the U.S.

Speaker 3 Now, wrapping up, California had Prop 50 on their ballot this year. That was widely expected to pass.
How did it do?

Speaker 6 Yeah, as expected, Deep Blue California voted overwhelmingly to pass Prop 50.

Speaker 6 Remember, that is a constitutional amendment that will give the Democratic state legislature the power to redraw the state's congressional maps.

Speaker 6 That means that by 2026, the state could add an additional five Democratic House seats.

Speaker 3 Well, Democrats no doubt waking up very happy this morning. We'll see how Republicans respond over the next year or so before midterms.
Cabot, thanks for reporting.

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Speaker 3 This election cycle has highlighted a growing socialist appetite among young Democrats. Here to break down the state of Democratic politics after Tuesday's results is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.

Speaker 3 So, Tim, let's start in New York City. What did we learn there?

Speaker 8 Right, Momdani won as projected, and maybe that's not a huge surprise in a deep blue area like New York City.

Speaker 8 And there's an argument to be made that maybe Andrew Cuomo could have won had he not split the anti-Momdani vote with Curtis Sleewa.

Speaker 8 But none of that changes how the Democratic Party has approached Momdani.

Speaker 8 The truth is, is that for as radical as Momdani is to the mainstream of American politics, he faced essentially no public resistance from Democrats.

Speaker 8 Some of the biggest names in the party aligned with him, including House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. And that means something.

Speaker 8 Jeffries was just last year working against the Democratic Socialists of America, of which Momdani is a member. Jeffries then dismissed DSA members as virtue signalers on Twitter.

Speaker 8 Now he's unable to distance himself from Momdani. Here's a clip from Monday.

Speaker 9 Progressives who are disappointed at your slow embrace of Zoran Momdani and yesterday saying you do not believe is the future of the party.

Speaker 10 What I indicated is that

Speaker 10 if we truly believe, as many of us do, that Donald Trump represents an existential threat to everything,

Speaker 10 that in order for us to get from where we are to where we need to go and end the national nightmare, then House Democrats are going to have to be successful in taking back control of the House of Representatives.

Speaker 8 Now, there's a sense that many Democrats weren't pleased with Mom Dani.

Speaker 8 Barack Obama, though Obama did call Mom Dani over the weekend to compliment his campaign.

Speaker 8 All of this speaks to a tension these politicians see between Momdani as a broadly unpopular figure, but very popular among the Democrats' left-wing base, which with Momdani's win is in its ascendancy.

Speaker 3 Right. Well, that's in America's biggest and most influential city.
But did we also see that same pattern in the other elections?

Speaker 8 Yeah, and Virginia is a really good example.

Speaker 8 Now, Democrat Abigail Spanberger has a reputation for being a moderate, but she struggled to come up up with coherent answers on transgender policy, for instance. Here she was in a debate last month.

Speaker 11 Once again, the question was, should transgender girls who are biological males be allowed to use girls' bathrooms and play on girls' sports teams in K through 12? You have 15 seconds to clarify.

Speaker 12 In cases across Virginia, I think it's incumbent upon parents. and educators and administrators in each local community to make decisions

Speaker 12 locally.

Speaker 3 That's what this is about.

Speaker 8 She also never distanced herself from the Democrats' nominee for state attorney general Jay Jones, despite his myriad of scandals, which we've covered. The Washington Post put it this way on Monday.

Speaker 8 If Jones rides Spanberger's coattails to victory, it would be a sad reflection of a discomforting willingness among voters to prioritize partisanship over human decency.

Speaker 8 But that statement is still very much applicable to Democrats such as Spanberger, who endorsed Jones and never backed away. And this is a trend in Democratic politics right now.

Speaker 8 Up in Maine, Democratic Senate candidate Graham Plattner hasn't really felt any Democratic backlash, except within his own campaign, from having a Nazi tattoo.

Speaker 8 Here's Senator Bernie Sanders last month looking past it.

Speaker 2 I am not overly impressed by a squad of media running around saying, what do you think about the tattoo on Graham Plattner's chest?

Speaker 2 Between you and me, there might be one or two more important issues, but let me go there.

Speaker 2 I'm not Graham's best friend. I met him several times.
We did a rally in Portland, Maine, a great rally. I am impressed by the guy.

Speaker 8 So Democrats have this trend that party loyalty seems to be trumping issues that look noxious to most Americans.

Speaker 3 Well, an unfortunate sign of the times. Tim, thanks for reporting.
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Speaker 3 The government is still shut down, potentially causing major problems for upcoming holiday travel and delaying snap benefits for tens of millions of Americans.

Speaker 3 Here with the details is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestijakimo. So Amanda, this government shutdown is officially the longest in American history.
We're at 36 days now.

Speaker 3 Amid all of the election activity, yesterday, there was another vote. Tell us what happened there.

Speaker 14 Yeah, the Senate voted on a continuing resolution that passed the House, and for the 14th time, it failed.

Speaker 14 Only two Democrats, Pennsylvania's John Fetterman and Nevada's Catherine Cortez-Masto, voted alongside Republicans to open the government.

Speaker 3 So what did Democrats say was their reason for voting this way and keeping the government shut down?

Speaker 14 Well, Democrats are actually saying that it's Republicans who are keeping the government shut down.

Speaker 14 And they're largely arguing that the shutdown is happening because Republicans are not on board with certain health care subsidies that they want.

Speaker 14 Here's Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries just yesterday.

Speaker 15 There's nothing to be optimistic about relative to the cruelty and the pain that Donald Trump and Republicans continue to inflict. on the American people.

Speaker 15 They refuse to address the health care crisis that Republicans have created.

Speaker 14 Republicans, on the the other hand, they say what they've been saying from the beginning, that the CR bill is clean. It merely maintains current funding levels without any policy changes.

Speaker 14 So Democrats refusing to vote for it, you know, they're the ones who are keeping the government shut down.

Speaker 14 House Speaker Mike Johnson also said that Democrats want to force American taxpayers to fund health care for illegal immigrants. And he said that's why this stalemate is in place right now.

Speaker 16 In addition to their refusal to support the CR and reopen the government, the Democrats have have had the audacity to also demand something new.

Speaker 16 They demanded $1.5 trillion worth of T in new spending obligations. Included in that is nearly $200 billion of taxpayer funds that they want to use to restore free health benefits to illegal aliens.

Speaker 16 In that same proposal, as their ransom for reopening the government, they want to cut $50 billion

Speaker 16 from the rural hospital fund that the Republicans just got signed into law on July 4th.

Speaker 3 Now, with the shutdown continuing, we heard a stark warning from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about upcoming air travel. What did he say?

Speaker 14 Duffy said yesterday that if this government shutdown continues, air travel is going to be severely restricted during the holiday season.

Speaker 14 Here's a direct quote: You will see mass flight delays, you'll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just can't manage it because we don't have the air traffic controllers.

Speaker 14 White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said that disruptions and delays, they're already happening.

Speaker 17 On Sunday alone, more than 5,000 flights traveling to and from U.S. airports were delayed.

Speaker 17 Since the Democrats shutdown began, four times as many staffing shortages have been reported at air traffic control facilities compared to last year.

Speaker 17 More than 13,000 air traffic controllers are continuing to work without pay.

Speaker 17 Because of the Democrats, these men and women who keep our airspace safe and moving will miss a second paycheck in a row this Friday.

Speaker 3 Now, finally, Amanda, food benefits known as SNAP have become a major focus during this shutdown. What's the latest there?

Speaker 14 Yeah, so Trump said yesterday that a potential delay for this month's SNAP benefits, that's going to continue for 42 million Americans until the, quote, radical left Democrats reopen the government, which he said they could easily do at any time.

Speaker 14 The USDA's main webpage right now, it says that they don't have the funds to give out benefits because of Democrats.

Speaker 14 Trump's message, though, it does come just one day after the administration said that it would dip into emergency funds to partially fund SNAP.

Speaker 14 That would be with a $4.6 billion payment following a federal judge's order. A court filing did say, though, that that process could take a few weeks or even several months.

Speaker 3 While tens of millions of Americans impacted by this, we'll see if Democrats come back to the table now that the elections have wrapped up. Amanda, thanks for reporting.

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