The Other America: Anti-Trump Landslides in CA, Washington and Oregon Show Progressive Values Are Alive and Well on the Left Coast

It’s no wonder that the West Coast and several mountain states cannot recognize the America that elected Donald Trump and gave Republicans a congressional majority. By many social and political metrics, it’s not the America they live in.

The West, led by California, has long seen itself as the destination for progressive ideals, from personal reinvention to expansive multiculturalism to technological innovations. Add in social policies championing wide acceptance and inclusion, and the political vision this region embraced on Election Day looks nothing like Trump’s America....
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