Voters went for YIMBY candidates — but not their ballot initiatives

The electorate supported YIMBY- and abundance-pilled candidates but rejected the kind of measure that would make their promises possible.

U.S. Senator-elect James Talarico walks through the U.S. Capitol on November 9, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Abundance was on the ballot last week, and now that the votes are in, the results are mixed.

Midterm candidates across the country ran on an abundance-adjacent message, leaning into affordability as an animating iss…