I voted today in California’s 10th for someone to unseat Jeff Denham. Am I allowed to say who?
Anyway, someone I work with - A Republican - was trying to justify to my why they weren’t voting today and I had nothing to say because all I could think was: good! Republicans stay home! Cali Dems, go Vote!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Really, a liberal state like California, will show the trend? since when did any national office in California go to a Republican, except is the very remote regions of NorCal, where millionaires and billionaires live?
California is more mixed politically than you might realize. It's true that overall it tends Democratic, but it does have pockets of conservatives, not only up in the far north, but also in the south (near San Diego), and in the "inland empire".
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The Republican voting areas of California are the poorest parts of the state. Similar in that respect to the rest of the US.
Please get people registered to vote and if they’re already registered give them a registration form to recruit someone they can find and register them. It’s a travesty registration is not automatic. The state knows almost everyone who resides in its boarders thru taxes, drivers licenses etc.
Demand paper ballots HAND counted as Germany has. Cadet bone spurs himself said the voting system is rigged so let’s make it hack proof, and audited every election. I call my Russian Republican Congresswoman every week about this issue and have no response but silence and complicit approval of the status quo.
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What concerns me with the Democratic Party is that rather than have platforms and ideas that reflect the needs and concerns of the electorate they wait for the demise of Trump and the Republicans for wins that seem to purpose their ambitions. Please, where are our leaders?
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Please clarify the axes of the charts -- especially for future columns... Headings and text leave me confused, and I am an honors graduate of MIT.....
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To this voter, it makes absolutely no logical sense that the two best voter getters in a primary should be locked out of the general election come November, simply because they both "belong" to a major party.
After all, Clinton got the most votes in 2016. Yet she was denied the Presidency and the majority of the nation's voters were denied their choice.
Perhaps the state will go with Instant Runoff Voting after this.
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Clinton was not 'denied the presidency'. She lost the election. The U. S. Constitution determines the outcome of the presidential election. The genius of the Electoral College prevents the tyranny of the majority.
Get the California Constitution re-written. Get the US Constitution re-written.
In the meantime, get over it: don't continue to beat a dead horse.
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The 1% — "To this voter, it makes absolutely no logical sense that the two best voter getters in a primary should be locked out of the general election come November, simply because they both "belong" to a major party."
"In California’s nonpartisan, top-two system any voter can cast a ballot for any candidate, regardless of party. The top two candidates advance to the general election, regardless of party."
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Tyranny of the majority? That concept makes zero sense to me.
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