Yep, Kalifornia is a great example of how the popular vote works. Thus, we can blame L.A. and S.F. for those elected to the statehouse for the past 30+ years and point DIRECTLY at that being the reason Kalifornia is known as the welfare state run by fruits and nuts. The only people in Kalifornia held to social restriction are those of us who WORK and PAY TAXES. All of the druggies, criminals, homeless etc.......... are considered to be the victims of some other person’s success. It used to be as Kalifornia goes, so goes the nation. I pray that is no longer the case.
In California state-wide elections, Los Angeles and San Francisco don’t control the outcome (otherwise California wouldn’t have recently had Republican governors Reagan, Dukemejian, Wilson, and Schwarzenegger). A vote in rural Alpine county is just an important as a vote in Los Angeles. Los Angeles cannot control statewide elections in California, so it can hardly control a nationwide election.
In fact, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland together cannot control a statewide election in California.
You have it exactly right....theCalifornia microcosm