Why California voters accept their fate

[BabyBoomer50s]

“No state in America is more thoroughly dominated by one party than California. The State Senate has been controlled by Democrats for over 30 years, with Republicans currently holding only 9 of the 40 seats. Since 1992 the State Assembly was in Republican hands only once, in 1996, and today GOP politicians occupy only 19 of the 80 seats. Starting with Governor Newsom, every higher office is held by a Democrat.”

California’s one party rule is an abject failure by every standard. An unreliable electricity grid, skyrocketing electric bills, skyrocketing water bills, natural gas bans, highest in the nation gas prices, increasing homeless encampments encroaching into the suburbs, relentless wildfires that blanket the state in smoke for days, rampant property crime, 14% marginal tax rates, 9% + sales taxes, property transfer taxes, a statewide ban on single family zoning, failing public schools…the list goes on. Successful and affluent residents who fund the failed system (myself included) are leaving and are being replaced by others who milk it. Is there any hope for this once Golden State?

This article gives an excellent breakdown of the state’s voter segments and why they have been so tolerant of its steady deterioration. Good read.


https://californiaglobe.com/articles/republicans-unveil-the-california-promise-does-it-matter/

 

[YDB95]

“No state in America is more thoroughly dominated by one party than California.

South Dakota - No Democratic governors since 1978
Oklahoma - in 2008, the only state where either party's presidential nominee did not carry a single county.
Wyoming - Republican supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature, with Democrats holding only two of the 30 senate seats

I could go on, but why bother?

 

[ll74]

Sounds rough. I bet nobody wants to live there now.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Poor boomerror.

Poor people get really bitter after we punt them from our beautiful State.
vetteman
botboi
boomerror

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Apparently ya'll aint never been to Utah. I think they shoot Democrats on sight.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

South Dakota - No Democratic governors since 1978
Oklahoma - in 2008, the only state where either party's presidential nominee did not carry a single county.
Wyoming - Republican supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature, with Democrats holding only two of the 30 senate seats

I could go on, but why bother?

Fair point. There are other states with similar dominance by one party. California is obviously the largest. The main purpose of article is to explain the voter composition of the problem-plagued state and why they tolerate such poor governance.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Oh look, Boomer found a fringe website ("California Globe") that agrees with his fringe biases.

 

[PaxNurgle]

It depends on priorities. In the Republican supermajority states, people put up with poor infrastructure, poor schools, poverty, and a relative lack of individual freedoms. Which equals poor government. In California you have high crime rates and high costs of living, which also equals poor government.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Successful and affluent residents who fund the failed system (myself included) are leaving and are being replaced by others who milk it.

So you left, why keep bringing it up? Seems a pretty petty thing, when you rehash reasons you left.

Is there any hope for this once Golden State?

Again, you left, you have no stake in this, so STFU, or admit you would rather be back in California......but you just can't afford to be there....

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

So you left, why keep bringing it up? Seems a pretty petty thing, when you rehash reasons you left.



Again, you left, you have no stake in this, so STFU, or admit you would rather be back in California......but you just can't afford to be there....

Still own property there. Nice weather and have family out west. Shame it’s such a poorly governed state.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

It depends on priorities. In the Republican supermajority states, people put up with poor infrastructure, poor schools, poverty, and a relative lack of individual freedoms. Which equals poor government. In California you have high crime rates and high costs of living, which also equals poor government.

CA sure as heck doesn’t have a Republican supermajority but it’s residents do put up with poor infrastructure, poor schools, poverty, and a relative lack of individual freedoms.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

CA sure as heck doesn’t have a Republican supermajority but it’s residents do put up with poor infrastructure, poor schools, poverty, and a relative lack of individual freedoms.

You just literally described the entire fucking United States since its inception, boomerror.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

You just literally described the entire fucking United States since its inception, boomerror.

No. I described California. Enjoy.

 

[JohnEngelman]

California, especially the San Francisco Bay area, has a delightful climate. It rarely becomes uncomfortably hot or cold there. It costs a lot of money to live there because people who make a lot of money choose to live there.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

No. I described California. Enjoy.

I do. Every day

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

I do. Every day

nice

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Shame it’s such a poorly governed state.

Poorly governed is a matter of opinion. Seems the majority of Californians have picked what they consider "good government".

 

[JohnEBbad]

No, they went with location, location, location;

... some for the scenery, some for the zero immigration enforcement, some for the bennies and some who were born and raised there who don't know any different or better.

 

[JohnEBbad]

Why wouldn't they accept their fate? They've accepted $7 a gallon gas for as long as anyone can remember...,

er, , uh, well......

... for as long as President Uncle Joe (he's a movin' kinda slow) Biden can remember, at any rate...



We have replaced the Presidential Seal with the Presidential Senile. Thank you Democrats and especially the California Democrats in the vanguard, leading the way to a bright and glorious future! Get your candles and firewood handy! GlowBall Warning is going to produce the coldest colds ever experienced!

 

[JohnEBbad]

Can we just all have an ice cream summit and come together in a place of rainbows and skittles?

They say it's in a certain San Fransisco district...

 

[LukSkyFokker]

They've accepted $7 a gallon gas for as long as anyone can remember...,

What a dumb fucking histrionic lie. How is it possible that you're such a bitter ignorant twatsicle?

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Californians got some good news yesterday. The governor is lifting his Covid state of emergency. But not until February of 2023.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Can we just all have an ice cream summit and come together in a place of rainbows and skittles?

They say it's in a certain San Fransisco district...

Ain't nothin' snarkier than a "reformed homosexual" homophobe.

*nods*

 

[JohnEBbad]

~~ tee hee ~~

 

[Chobham]

Looking at the bright side, if via the policies and taxes they manage to depopulate the state enough the energy shortage problem goes away.