Tuesday’s races were a quiet rebuke of Trump for many voters, AP Voter Poll finds
November 4, 2025
President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections, but many voters in key races made their choice in opposition to him or considered him to be irrelevant, according to the AP Voter Poll. The trend that played out in the governor races in New Jersey and Virginia, the mayoral contest in New York City and a California proposition to redraw congressional districts. In both Virginia and New Jersey, about half of voters said Trump was “not a factor” in their votes for governor. Trump weighed more heavily on the minds of California voters, who voted on a proposition to determine whether to redistrict the state’s congressional seats in favor of Democrats.