Is the tide finally turning against left-wing insanity? As surprising as it sounds, a progressive policy proposal just failed in California.

“Californians rejected a measure that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour,” the Washington Examiner’s Jenny Goldsberry reports. “Over two weeks after Election Day, California has counted over 99% of the votes and revealed that a slim majority of 50.8% as of Wednesday voted against Proposition 32. This is the first time voters have rejected a wage raise in a state election.”