Nolte: Karen Bass Leads Reelection Race with 24 Percent Approval Rating, Eric Swalwell Leads CA Gov Race

March 11, 2026
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is somehow clinging to a reelection path despite a dismal 24% approval rating, according to fresh polling that has Breitbart's John Nolte calling her out as the queen of D-Useless governance. In a city already buckling under skyrocketing homelessness, crime waves, and budget black holes—issues Bass promised to fix but has only exacerbated—she's still outpacing her 2026 challengers. This isn't just voter apathy; it's a stark indictment of California's one-party stranglehold, where Democrat primaries are low-turnout circuses that reward incumbents no matter how catastrophically they fail. Bass's tenure has been a masterclass in progressive dysfunction: billions funneled into tent-encampment solutions while violent crime surges 10-15% year-over-year, per LAPD stats, and her administration's soft-on-crime policies have turned Skid Row into a no-go zone. Zooming out to statewide implications, this malaise feeds directly into the governor's race, where Rep. Eric Swalwell—yes, the guy whose laptop got hacked by a Chinese spy while he was sexting a Russian operative—is polling competitively against Newsom successors. Swalwell's anti-2A bona fides are pure nightmare fuel: he's pushed every gun-grab scheme from assault weapon bans to red flag expansions, voting lockstep with California's post-Bruen frenzy of restrictive laws that have driven legal gun sales underground while criminals thrive. Bass's reelection despite failure signals the same dynamic: low-information voters and machine politics insulating radicals who view armed self-defense as the problem, not the solution to the chaos they've created. For the 2A community, this is a flashing red warning light. California's gun owners are already fleeing in droves—net migration out of state hit 300,000+ last year per Census data—fueled by policies like Bass's support for microstamping mandates and ammo background checks that do nothing for public safety but everything to disarm law-abiders. If Bass skates to victory and Swalwell climbs the ladder, expect Sacramento to double down on preemption-proof local bans, testing SCOTUS limits post-Rahimi. The silver lining? Rock-bottom approval like Bass's exposes the rot, galvanizing 2A turnout in 2026. Arm up, vote hard, and keep voting with your feet—California's collapse is the best recruitment ad for constitutional carry nationwide.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is somehow clinging to a reelection path despite a dismal 24% approval rating, according to fresh polling that has Breitbart’s John Nolte calling her out as the queen of D-Useless governance. In a city already buckling under skyrocketing homelessness, crime waves, and budget black holes—issues Bass promised to fix but has only exacerbated—she’s still outpacing her 2026 challengers. This isn’t just voter apathy; it’s a stark indictment of California’s one-party stranglehold, where Democrat primaries are low-turnout circuses that reward incumbents no matter how catastrophically they fail. Bass’s tenure has been a masterclass in progressive dysfunction: billions funneled into tent-encampment solutions while violent crime surges 10-15% year-over-year, per LAPD stats, and her administration’s soft-on-crime policies have turned Skid Row into a no-go zone.

Zooming out to statewide implications, this malaise feeds directly into the governor’s race, where Rep. Eric Swalwell—yes, the guy whose laptop got hacked by a Chinese spy while he was sexting a Russian operative—is polling competitively against Newsom successors. Swalwell’s anti-2A bona fides are pure nightmare fuel: he’s pushed every gun-grab scheme from assault weapon bans to red flag expansions, voting lockstep with California’s post-Bruen frenzy of restrictive laws that have driven legal gun sales underground while criminals thrive. Bass’s reelection despite failure signals the same dynamic: low-information voters and machine politics insulating radicals who view armed self-defense as the problem, not the solution to the chaos they’ve created.

For the 2A community, this is a flashing red warning light. California’s gun owners are already fleeing in droves—net migration out of state hit 300,000+ last year per Census data—fueled by policies like Bass’s support for microstamping mandates and ammo background checks that do nothing for public safety but everything to disarm law-abiders. If Bass skates to victory and Swalwell climbs the ladder, expect Sacramento to double down on preemption-proof local bans, testing SCOTUS limits post-Rahimi. The silver lining? Rock-bottom approval like Bass’s exposes the rot, galvanizing 2A turnout in 2026. Arm up, vote hard, and keep voting with your feet—California’s collapse is the best recruitment ad for constitutional carry nationwide.

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