What this story reveals is that as more States adopt California type election systems, the Republican Party will no longer be a “National” party. Its all but disappeared from the West Coast and is now disappearing from the East Coast.
Demographics is destiny.
You're going to see more of this kind of voting systems put in place, because it's a serious republican killer. The methods adopted by california to destroy the republican party have been very effective. You can bet that if these voting methods adversely affected democrat candidates, you'd see them thrown out by an activist judge in 30 seconds.
So is also financial and economic collapse. The blue states on the coasts and elsewhere are now in very serious financial trouble because of all the money spent on entitlements and related things. It is not going to be particularly pleasant for people who truly depend on those things funded by the public credit card presently.