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Many voters in New Jersey and Virginia, which both elected Democratic governors on Tuesday, cast their ballots in opposition to President Donald Trump, according to The Hill report, citing AP Voter Poll.
In New Jersey, where Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) defeated former state assembly member Jack Ciattarelli (R) for governor, 40% of registered voters said they voted “to oppose Trump,” compared with 13% who said their vote was meant “to support” the president, added the report.
Sherrill secured a decisive victory over Ciattarelli, winning 56.2% of the vote to his 43.2%, according to Decision Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) vote count as of Wednesday morning.
In Virginia, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), becoming the state’s first female governor.
According to the report, citing AP Voter Poll, 38% of voters said their choice was intended “to oppose Trump,” while 16% said they voted to support the president.
Spanberger led Earle-Sears with 57.5% of the vote to 42.5%, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
The poll also found that in both New Jersey and Virginia, approximately 45% of voters said their ballots were “not about Trump.”
The New York City mayoral race and California’s Prop 50 ballot measure highlighted contrasting voter motivations.
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View AllIn New York, 57% of voters said their choice was “not about Trump,” despite both Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) and former Governor Andrew Cuomo invoking the president.
Mamdani suggested Cuomo would be too close to Trump, who had recently endorsed him, while Cuomo reminded voters of Trump’s threats to withhold city funding if Mamdani were elected.
Meanwhile, California’s Prop 50, allowing Democrats to redraw congressional maps more favourably, illustrated a politically strategic focus rather than opposition to Trump.
In the New York mayoral race, 32% of voters said they cast their ballots to oppose Trump, while 8% said their vote was meant to support him, according to the survey.
In California, voters approved a mid-decade redistricting measure that could give Democrats up to five additional seats in next year’s midterm elections. The measure was framed as a response to Trump’s pressure campaign on Republican governors, starting in Texas, to redraw maps in favor of the GOP.
According to the poll, 51% of California voters said they voted to oppose Trump, 8% to support him, and 42% said their choice was not about the president.
The AP Voter survey of registered voters, conducted October 22-November 4, included 4,490 in California, 4,244 in New Jersey, 4,304 in New York City and 4,215 in Virginia.
The margins of error are 2 percentage points, 2.1 percentage points, 2.2 percentage points and 2.1 percentage points, respectively.
With inputs from agencies
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