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Counterprotesters hold signs encouraging voters to vote"no" on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentucky's state constitution, on the steps of the capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022.News headlines at the end of 2024 appeared to be all bad for the left in the U.S. as Donald Trump cruised to an electoral victory, and, in a reversal from 2016, handily won the popular vote as well.
One of the biggest surprises of the last few years, and a trend that continued through 2024, was the popularity of progressive ballot measures . This trend held true in both blue and red states, pointing to the viability of progressive policy across partisan contexts.Amendment 2, which would have allowed the state to spend tax dollars to fund private, charter and religious schools.
And, in a tale of two Portlands, self-proclaimed democratic socialists built their legislative blocs in city councils on both sides of the U.S. In Portland, Oregon, two candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, Mitch Green and Tiffany Koyama Lane, won seats on the 12-person council. They will join another DSA member, Sameer Kanal, along with a coterie of other progressives on the Portland City Council, where Green believes progressives will have a majority of council votes.
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