Posted on 11/27/2016 6:55:28 AM PST by Kaslin
When people speak of Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote, they are really speaking about California. In that state, Hillary Clinton won 6,621,346 votes to Donald Trump's 3,549,576 as of this writing. This margin of over three million votes alone accounts for any claim that Clinton exceeded Trump in popular support.
Consider some numbers. In New York, Trump won 37.5% of the vote; in New Jersey, Trump won over 40%; and in Illinois, Trump won 39.4%. Among sizably populated states that lean "overwhelmingly" Democrat, California is in a class by itself. Trump struggled to get even a third of Californian votes.
Moreover, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois differ markedly from California because their tilt toward the Democrats happens on a very different landscape. New York and Illinois are pushed into deep blue territory by singular metro areas (NYC and Chicago), which overpower small-town areas ("upstate" or "downstate") where Republicans gather in strong numbers. New Jersey is wedged between the Democratic machine cities of Philadelphia and New York City and has a smattering of medium-sized urban centers with large black populations.
Only in California does one find a vast state with a huge population (nearly 40 million people) with multiple sprawling metro areas that all lean strongly Democratic or, at best (in the case of San Diego), just libertarian enough to be less than completely left wing. The San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palm Springs, Long Beach, etc. stretch across miles and miles of a complex and diverse landscape, hosting a stunning multiplicity of races and ethnicities. Yet everywhere you go in the state, you seem to find Democrats or Republicans who just don't strike you as all that conservative.
California is a different country.
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... except for the arabs running the convenience store on the highway... :)
“That would enable Mexico or any country they allow basically the whole western side of USA to set up ability to attack USA.”
As it stands, they don’t even have to do that. They already own the place and are using it as a foothold to invade/subvert the rest of the country. Think of it as a quarantine.
I'm a homeless disabled Vet. It's getting a little cold out on my usual corner and the recent rain has ruined my cardboard sign. 
Drumroll - “Yes.”
I’m not sure if all of California ever belonged to Mexico
I believe he will too.
That is why they should do a recount there.
No, these brain-trusts don’t realize Hawaii is also a Leftist breeding ground.
We wouldn’t have Pearl Harbor either.
Imagine the U.S. with no Pacific Fleet.
Yes, Hawaii too, no doubt would be gone. Re: the “brain-trusts” you mention, to lose the west coast Navy and Marine bases is a no-brainer.
The solution seems simple enough. Let those who have dual citizenship make a decision to renounce one or the other since America does not recognize dual citizenship. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Obviously if they choose to renounce their American citizenship they are deported giving them just enough time to pack up their things and say goodbye permanently.
Why should we allow double agents to work inside the inner working of our federal government?
EXCELLENT ANALOGY!!!!
Agreed...
Millions of US Citizens currently hold dual citizenship without a hitch
We only want to be rid of the counties between San Diego and Sonoma. Orange County up to Marin can take their high speed rail and have fun with it.
Sacramento will remain in the United States and be used as an artillery range.
Yes I know. I’m speaking of those who work in the federal government in DC; especially those who work in the world around the President. If working for the people is important enough then they shouldn’t mind relinquishing their other citizenship legally.
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