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I did vote...in Idaho. I've been a resident since June 18, 2001. I did discuss the issues with the people around me. They agreed with my conservative evaluation of the issues and candidates in CA. I'm fairly certain they voted as I would have voted. It doesn't matter. The demographics of the illegal alien invasion have overwhelmed the conservative voters in CA. They don't check the rolls to be certain you are a citizen and a resident. They don't demand a photo ID at the polling place before you vote. The system is corrupt...on purpose. I recognized a rigged game and chose to move where the population shares my values and where my vote is cast with other citizens who present a photo ID before getting a ballot...on paper...to vote. No rigged machines (Nevada/Virginia).

I was attracted to Idaho because it is LESS humid than San Diego. My extended business trip in San Diego is pummeling me with skin rashes and athlete's foot. Problems I didn't have in Idaho.

I left Pocatello on July 5th...just as the weather warmed up. Arriving in San Diego, I found the coldest summer on record. Wonderful...NOT. Overcast and misty all summer except for 2 one-week stretches. The morning and evening traffic jam makes the commute an hour each way vs working from my home office in Idaho. A big waste of time and money. I don't have access to a kitchen, so I eat at local restaurants. That takes another hour for dinner. Sales tax is 9.75% in San Diego vs 6% in Pocatello. Gasoline prices are 30 to 50 cents per gallon higher in San Diego vs Pocatello. The half gallon of soy milk I purchase at the store in Pocatello is $2.99 vs $3.99 in San Diego.

I moved my sizeable firearms collection to Pocatello from San Diego. Many items are now illegal to purchase or possess in CA, but not in Idaho. I can never bring them back, nor do I want to do so.

WA and CO have been invaded by CA liberals. Their political demographics have shifted to the left.

BTW, snow on the lawn means I don't have to mow it. I have the weekends to read or do things with my computers. That's not an option in the summer when the yard demands a fair bit of attention. Cold outside means I can light a fire, put on a good movie and have my puppy sleeping in my lap. In the summer, the sun sets as late as 9:13 PM. That leaves 3 or 4 hours of light after work to zip down the roads on my bike. The earlier sunset in San Diego and crowded roads mean I rarely have sunlight after my work day.

Tell me, if like minded people all flee like you did, do you expect things to go the way you would like them to?

If all the conservatives fled Congress, or Texas for that matter, would you expect those places to remain conservative?

Don't give me that, "sit around the fire" routine...I know folks in Idaho that have had about a dozen of their animals freeze to death because they didn't get them into shelter fast enough when a brutal cold front quickly moved in....

I made the mistake of going to Idaho several winters ago, rented a car up there...Drove on the ice for several days and nearly froze to death...and aged several years....

When I got back in Southern Californian to 73 degrees in the middle of December, my Orange trees which were loaded, and never looked so damn good!

BTW, you being in Idaho and complaining about the cold in San Diego, is funnier than a barrel of monkeys!