Why are people so arrogant they think they know more than people who actually LIVE in the state?
Nothing arrogant about stating the facts of your state no matter how much you deny them.
And what exactly are you basing this on?
Um, if you don't know this you are beyond hope.
And that has...what to do with this?
Just how out of touch they are.
Which DOESNT reflect how people vote. California has a system of
initiatives and referendum that means we can over-ride our legislature and pass things ourselves if we want. I invite you to look at the history of these ballot initiatives and see the political bent they tend to take.
What exactly are you smoking? I'll break it down for you. People vote for state legistlators. If the majority has been the majority for nearly 30 YEARS its pretty safe to say that California is a democrat dominated state. LOL
You are the only person who thinks a one party 30 year dominance in state legistlature doesn't show a pattern :rofl
Our incumbents have been re-elected, so what?
Your excuses are getting more pathetic with every reply. The very fact they have dominated the state for almost 20 years tells you what you need to know.
BTW, the one republican who left in 1991 was an incumbent. The difference was he was a republican.
Seriously, you really want to continue this slaughter of your fantasy argument?
Why look, here it comes again!
In the 2008 elections, 52% of the voters in California voted for Barack Obama while 45% voted for McCain with about 3% going to third party candidates.
Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
McCain was THE most liberal candidate for a Republican president in the last 30 years.
Lets see how Bush did.
2000: Gore 52 to Bush 40%
2004: Kerry 54 to Bush 44%
Whoops! Better look at those stats a little more carefully next time. :2wave:
Furthermore, Proposition 8 drew a slim 52% for Yes and 47% for No.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf
These are two things that should have been LANDSLIDE issues in a supposedly liberal paradise like California.
The sheer idiocy of taking one or two issues and pretending that shows the political leanings of your state is beyond reality.
Who you send to Congress, (30 years one party)
who you send to state government (20 Years one party)
the percentages of registered voters 45% Democrat vs 31% Republican
Who your state voted for president (22 years one party)
Those are REAL FACTS of how your state votes and frankly you should be embarassed you are trying to pull this rediculus claim out of the water.
It doesn't matter what people register as, it's HOW they vote that reveals an area's true political leanings. Also, California allows the Democrat and Republican parties to decide if they want "Decline To State" voters (AKA "Non-Partisan") to be allowed to cross-over to one party or the other during primaries, however that will change in 2011. Polisci 101, kid.
California is NOT as liberal as people like to think it is, we're divided fairly evenly.
I've shown you decades of dominance by democrats from the state to federal level and you still want to lie to everyone here and claim the state is balanced. Unbelievable.
Your argument is equivalent to claiming that Obama sending 1000 troops to the border makes him a republican. :2wave: