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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What’s behind California’s shift to the right this election season?

    California’s 2024 election results show a political shift to the right. Support for President-elect Trump has risen since 2020 and voters have approved tough-on-crime measures.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 14, 2024 • 1 min read

    California’s 2024 election results show a political shift to the right. Support for President-elect Trump has risen since 2020 and voters have approved tough-on-crime measures.

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    Destination Crenshaw, why some CA voters have shifted right
    1. 0:00What Elon Musk stands to gain as Trump’s government efficiency czar
    2. 10:55What’s behind California’s shift to the right this election season?You’re reading this
    3. 30:40Destination Crenshaw: A new cultural hub or an erasure of Black culture?
    4. 34:21Artist Doug Aitken’s ‘Lightscape’ is a commentary on CA, our future
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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Destination Crenshaw, why some CA voters have shifted right
    1. 0:00What Elon Musk stands to gain as Trump’s government efficiency czar
    2. 10:55What’s behind California’s shift to the right this election season?You’re reading this
    3. 30:40Destination Crenshaw: A new cultural hub or an erasure of Black culture?
    4. 34:21Artist Doug Aitken’s ‘Lightscape’ is a commentary on CA, our future
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand