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Garrett78

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7. Rarely has CA been a close contest, and the last time was 1976.

Reply to Quemado (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 10:50 PM

Nov 2018

We still have some very red districts (and I'm not convinced Orange County will remain blue), but California is as out of reach for Republican presidential candidates as Idaho is for Democratic presidential candidates.

We've seen Virginia and Colorado move in our direction. North Carolina and Georgia show some promise. At present, Arizona is probably the closest thing to being a state that will go the way of California.

Once Texas turns blue, it's game over.

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After midterm wipeout, California Republican Party drifts closer to irrelevance [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP

Too bad that it wasn't a total wipeout. nt Blue_true Nov 2018 #1

Thank you Pete Wilson and prop 137. The repubs haven't learned that being anti immigrant is a wasupaloopa Nov 2018 #2

I still have my "Bush: Peor que Wilson" button somewhere around here. Iggo Nov 2018 #6

California has been referred to as a bellwether state in the past Quemado Nov 2018 #3

Rarely has CA been a close contest, and the last time was 1976. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #7

But their legacy of harm via Ronald Reagan lingers.. LisaM Nov 2018 #4

The opposite happened in Indiana. Chipper Chat Nov 2018 #5

Move to Michigan. roamer65 Nov 2018 #9

Actually I'm only 12 miles away Chipper Chat Nov 2018 #11

And yet the rich Rs in this state continue to fund RW wet dreams like stopbush Nov 2018 #8

Hopefully those red-to-blue districts (in Orange County and elsewhere) will remain blue once... Garrett78 Nov 2018 #10