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Liberal Voters Offer Sharpest Rebuke of Criminal Justice Reform

Deep blue states like California voted overwhelmingly to reverse soft-on-crime reforms as the Democratic party swore public safety wasn't an issue.
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Progressive district attorneys and the lenient prosecutorial policies they support took a beating from voters last week, making clear that even residents in the most liberal parts of the country are no longer buying what anti-policing activists are selling.

The real question is whether this conservative shift in voter sentiment on crime translated to electoral gains for Donald Trump. By examining the country’s most liberal state, it’s not hard to understand why the answer is likely yes.

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