CA is a very odd state, politically speaking... Elects Reagan two terms, then Jerry Brown, then elects some dull as wood moderates, then recalls one of those dull as wood moderates after he was pushed into being a leftist by the legislature...
Kalifornia's cost of living increases drove a lot of the conservative vote out after 1994. Plus there are probably a lot more swing voters here, as witness to current governor's election. I, unfortunately, am still stuck in this forsaken state. The only benefit today was I got to see the former President lying in repose. I waited almost a total of 9 hours (4 hours to travel 4 miles on the highway and 5 more in line) and I'd do it again.