The gloves are off, and Democrats have a fighting opportunity to go on offense in all 52 California congressional districts, not just the competitive races that the consultant class like to obsess over. Conservatives have made their brand so toxic, so extreme, and so wildly detached from California values that even Republicans should be looking for the exit ramp that leads them straight into the Democratic Party.
For too long, Democrats have treated deeply red districts as write-offs with Democrats in those districts left to be sacrificial lambs. That mentality is outdated. California’s demographics have shifted, younger and more progressive voters are turning 18 every day, and even moderate Republicans are exhausted by the extremism dominating their party. Democrats in state leadership should fund organizers to canvass, register voters, and develop strong candidates everywhere from Modoc to the Inland Empire where affordability and opportunity are on the ballot.
MAGA is incompatible with who we are. Californians believe in democracy, climate action, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, science, and a functioning government that invests in people. Meanwhile, Republicans are busy banning books, attacking teachers, undermining elections, and treating cruelty as a governing philosophy. Californians aren’t buying it.
The California GOP isn’t coming back to the center; it’s sprinting toward the fringes.
To win all 52 districts, Democrats must act like the majority party they are: confident, forward-thinking, unafraid of the fight. Imagine a Congress where every California seat reflects California values, not MAGA fever dreams.
California Democrats have the numbers, the values, and the momentum. Now they just need the strategy: go everywhere, talk to everyone, and stop conceding any community to extremism.
It’s time to play offense in all 52 districts, no exceptions.
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