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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:09 PM Apr 2017

California GOP continues its plunge into irrelevance







The decline of California’s Republican Party, as underscored by the most recent voter registration data, is a truly remarkable, even historic, phenomenon.


And it’s not over yet.

Republicans dominated the state’s politics for much of the 20th century – personified by Ronald Reagan – but began to fade as the century closed.

The new registration report shows Republicans declining to just 25.97 percent of the state’s 19.4 million potential voters, 9 percentage points below the party’s nearly 35 percent share in 2000.

Oddly, however, Democrats didn’t gain. In fact, they’ve dropped about a half-point to 44.77 percent since 2000. The big increase came in voters without a party preference, from 14.36 percent in 2000 to 24.51 percent in 2017. By next year’s general election, they may outnumber Republicans.


http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article142057744.html



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California GOP continues its plunge into irrelevance (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
The legislature is just 30% Rethug.... Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #1
California GOP continues its plunge into irrelevance. LenaBaby61 Apr 2017 #2
What starts in Cali usually finds it's way across America. Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #3
They should be concerned about the House Seats in the OC/North SD rufus dog Apr 2017 #4
Devin Nunes is the current face of California republicans JI7 Apr 2017 #5

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
1. The legislature is just 30% Rethug....
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:13 PM
Apr 2017

....and every last one of them are Himmler bootlickers. There are no social moderates like Collins and Murkowski or Charlie Dent left.

Let me repeat that, every member of the California State Legislature that is also a member of the Republican Party are nothing more than Bootlickers for Heinrich Himmler.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
2. California GOP continues its plunge into irrelevance.
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:16 PM
Apr 2017
GOOD!



Thuglicans can STAY irrelevant for all care. Here in California & elsewhere.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
3. What starts in Cali usually finds it's way across America.
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:18 PM
Apr 2017

The HBL (Himmler Boot Lickers) will find it's way to minority status sooner than later.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
4. They should be concerned about the House Seats in the OC/North SD
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 09:01 PM
Apr 2017

Issa barely won and is trying to distance himself from tRump. In OC we have a newbie, Mimi Walters, she is 100% behind tRump, ducking town halls and in the cross hairs, then they have Douchebag Dana Rorhbacher in Huntington Beach dominated district. Now HB has some righties, but Dana may be firmly in the Russian coalition group. I think as of today one would lose, and the right person might be able to take out Mimi, then if Dana implodes the pubbies could lose three seats in a fifty mile stretch.

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