[California Patriot]

Whether the number you cite is correct or not, the basic point is right.

Therefore, voters must be made to understand that "cops, nurses, blah blah blah" are not the same as the public interest. It is a difficult lesson to teach and a difficult lesson to learn. The odds are heavily against us. But we can only keep trying, so that when the inevitable disaster comes, we're ready to run a good campaign. In this state, both are needed, and both must happen at the same time.

As I said, the odds are heavily against us.

[A CA Guy]

The odds are not as against us in a more general election, but highly so in a special election where mostly all the unions will get out the vote.
In a tiny turn out, having all the government unions come out to vote can be easily 35% of all the vote IMO.

We need to let the government employee unions spend themselves into trouble and we'll get them within a couple of elections I think.