How Red Ripples Could Change Deep Blue California

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Ariana Assenmacher, chair of California Young Republicans, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to explain the frustrations facing California voters, discuss the red voting shifts that defined the latest election, and analyze California Gov. Gavin Newsom's save-face podcast campaign.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:22.1	I'm Matt Kiddell, Senior Elections correspondent at The Federalist,
0:25.6	and your experience Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.
0:29.9	As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.
0:34.3	Follow us on X at FDRLST.
0:37.4	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast, and of course, to the premium version of our website as well.
0:44.6	Our guest today is Ariana Asenmacher, chairwoman of the California Young Republican Federation.
0:51.7	Previously, Ariana served as chair of the Los Angeles County Young Republicans
0:56.4	from 2018 to 2024. Today, we get a little perspective from young conservatives in a very
1:04.9	deep blue state, how to turn that state trending red.
1:11.7	It is, surprisingly enough.
1:14.3	We're going to get into that in just a moment.
1:16.4	Ariana, thank you so much for joining us on this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
1:20.7	Thank you so much for having me, Matt.
1:22.8	Now, let's begin in November because a lot of impressive ground made up in blue states across this country
1:31.8	in a sea change election that put Donald Trump back in the White House, put Republicans
1:39.6	back in control, full control of Congress.
1:43.3	And it's interesting to see we think of California
1:46.4	as so deeply blue. We think of all of San Francisco's problems and Los Angeles's problems,
1:54.4	all related to the Democrats that serve there. And we think maybe there's no hope for California
2:00.2	ever to, for its conservatives to see
2:04.3	actual leadership change there. But you made some pretty serious ground up in California. Tell us about
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