I posted several articles which specifically stated that the turnout in "conservative strongholds" were several percentage below the normal, while in Dem stronghold it was higher.
That's clear evidence that conservatives didn't bother to support the propositions that would have made the changes conservatives claim they want: reduce power of unions and reduce spending.
And some people, who CLAIM to be conservative, such as yourself, calcowgirl, actually came out to VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS against the propositions, which would have helped reform CA.
The problem with the explanation is that it relies on the mainstream press for definitions. Frequently, driven by agenda and simply laziness, the MSM labels areas with high Republican registrations as "conservative strongholds" and, as we've seen on this forum repeatedly, there are great differences between "Republicans" and conservatives and the gap widens each year.
It remains to be seen if conservatives failed to vote. And yes, it was the aim of many conservatives to defeat Prop 76. Their support helped bury this nasty deception. The evidence, when published by McPherson, will probably show that the other three, more acceptable propositions were close because of conservative support but lost because Republicans stayed home.
As someone else already pointed out, there is no voter registration or other factual data to show "conservative" voters. It shows only Republican, Democrat, etc. As such, all we know for sure is that Democrat turnout was higher than Republican turnout. Well, DUH! The campaign was so confrontational it motivated every democrat to show up at the polls. On the flip side, the campaign did little to educate voters and get them to the polls.
I asked someone else this question a while back: If you go fishing and come home empty handed, do you blame the fish or change bait--or your technique? Trying to blame the voters will get you nowhere.
What we do know, is that more voters voted for Props 73 and 75 than they did for Arnold's other propositions (74, 74, 77, and 78). Now, since Prop 73 and 75 were the most conservative of the 6 propositions, and they by far did the best, doesn't that indicate that those voting were the more conservative voters? If you say "No", I sure look forward to your explanation of how that would happen.
That's clear evidence that conservatives didn't bother to support the propositions that would have made the changes conservatives claim they want: reduce power of unions and reduce spending.
And some people, who CLAIM to be conservative, such as yourself, calcowgirl, actually came out to VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS against the propositions, which would have helped reform CA.
As you read earlier, all the conservatives who I called on election day mostly did not know it was the day to vote. So most certainly there was no turn out.
Regarding a vote for a third party or not voting or voting the same way as a Democrat... Sure isn't going to help conservatives much at all to do that kind of thing. IMO most of the third parties seem to be big social liberals or a plain waste of vote when it helps a Democrat.
GO for changes in primaries and then vote the Republican in no matter what, even a McClintock (God help us).