Setting: A Hollywood-style movie premiere titled “Election Night: The Sure Thing.” The theater marquee is drenched in blue neon, and a crowd

Setting: A Hollywood-style movie premiere titled “Election Night: The Sure Thing.” The theater marquee is drenched in blue neon, and a crowd of cheerful Californians in blue “I Voted” stickers streams past a ballot-box-shaped box office. Inside, the giant screen starts rolling the film—everyone’s holding blue popcorn buckets and foam fingers that say “Blue Again!” Mid-reel, the director in the aisle yells, “Time for the twist!” The film abruptly cuts to a triumphant Republican in a governor’s sash stepping into the state capitol as red confetti rains down. The stunned blue audience spills popcorn, and a California bear usher flips the velvet backdrop from blue to red. Caption: “The Director’s Cut—California Edition.”