2018 was a very strange year in the world of elections, with Democrats benefiting from the newly legalized tactic of voter harvesting — allowing someone else to collect your absentee ballot and turn it in (or possibly not turn it in, depending on their own political proclivities). Forced to deal with such a brave new world, Republicans have a plan to take back those areas where they hold a numerical advantage.
How Orange County was lost and the Republican plan to take it back
Last November, the Democratic Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives after eight years in opposition, and the historically Republican stronghold of Orange County, California unexpectedly gained national attention.