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Fri Oct 23, 2020, 07:47 AM Oct 2020

OC Register Editorial Board Misses Mark on CA45 Race; Rep. Katie Porter Deserves Endorsement

Guest editorial by Irvine resident Diane Bucka

Here in OC, perspectives have evolved on social and political issues, with Chapman University’s 2020 Orange County Annual Survey[1] stating “ideologically, the area is much more balanced than in previous decades.”

64% of OC residents favor gun control and more restrictions on access to guns.
69% believe immigrants contribute more to the economy than they take.
73% of those surveyed said climate change is a serious problem and most do not support President Trump’s dismissal of climate change as a hoax.

These are not positions Raths – or Trump – embraces. Raths’ website, and numerous social media declarations, are fraught with Trumpian tones of “Chinese virus,” 2nd amendment “freedoms,” cries to reverse the Affordable Care Act (with NO alternative plan), ambiguous claims about support for deficit reduction and the like. Trump’s low approval rating (43%) suggest that candidates like Raths who reliably align with him are outnumbered by the >51% who would support a Democratic candidate. This is only underscored when Rep. Katie Porter, the candidate in question, “has quickly garnered a national reputation as a crusader” and who “impresses with her knowledge and focus,” to use your own words. (Incidentally, the statistics you cite in your article are incorrect; Porter won by 4% in 2018, not 3%.

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