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The decline of Californias Republican Party, as underscored by the most recent voter registration data, is a truly remarkable, even historic, phenomenon.
And its not over yet.
Republicans dominated the states politics for much of the 20th century personified by Ronald Reagan but began to fade as the century closed.
The new registration report shows Republicans declining to just 25.97 percent of the states 19.4 million potential voters, 9 percentage points below the partys nearly 35 percent share in 2000.
Oddly, however, Democrats didnt gain. In fact, theyve dropped about a half-point to 44.77 percent since 2000. The big increase came in voters without a party preference, from 14.36 percent in 2000 to 24.51 percent in 2017. By next years general election, they may outnumber Republicans.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article142057744.html
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)....and every last one of them are Himmler bootlickers. There are no social moderates like Collins and Murkowski or Charlie Dent left.
Let me repeat that, every member of the California State Legislature that is also a member of the Republican Party are nothing more than Bootlickers for Heinrich Himmler.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Thuglicans can STAY irrelevant for all care. Here in California & elsewhere.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)The HBL (Himmler Boot Lickers) will find it's way to minority status sooner than later.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Issa barely won and is trying to distance himself from tRump. In OC we have a newbie, Mimi Walters, she is 100% behind tRump, ducking town halls and in the cross hairs, then they have Douchebag Dana Rorhbacher in Huntington Beach dominated district. Now HB has some righties, but Dana may be firmly in the Russian coalition group. I think as of today one would lose, and the right person might be able to take out Mimi, then if Dana implodes the pubbies could lose three seats in a fifty mile stretch.