Your anectdotal information doesnt explain how Hillary won by 4 million votes or why the Dems have won the last 7 Presidential elections. Or why there is no Rep challenger to Feinstein.
The Dems have been way better organized and Republicans (like yourself apparently) have loser mentality. It wasn’t that long ago when a governor had an ‘R’ next to his name...however moderate he may have been. (Ah-nahld Schwarzenegger)
Governor Gray Davis (D) got recalled remember? I was a child and I remember!
If it weren’t for Trump, John Cox would not even be in the race. It would be Newsom vs. Villaroigosa. What a waste the Cox campaign has been. Swing voters/independents are very malleable especially given how bad the state has become these days.
The GOP in the state needs a major makeover.