The Politico headline quotes CA Governor Gavin Newsom as saying: “GOP destined for ‘waste bin of history’.” To be fair to them, if you read the article Newsom compares what he expects to happen to the GOP nationally to be what happened to it in CA.
The GOP in CA is pretty much toast. On the other hand, what happens in CA doesn’t always happen in the rest of the country.
As people sort themselves out red states are becoming redder, just as blue states become bluer. Note the new law in FL to ban sanctuary cities, for example. That doesn’t look like a GOP loss, does it? Neither do the new anti-abortion laws in GA, AL and elsewhere.
I conclude Newsom makes the mistake of assuming conditions and cultures elsewhere are like those at home. Quite often, they are anything but.
For example, I am personally acquainted with four families who have moved out of CA because they found its politics distasteful, and that within the last 2-3 years. If I know 4, how many do you suppose there are, thousands, tens of thousands, more?
