Is the Left Losing Its Grip on California?

Townhall.com ^ | September 8, 2021 | Star Parker

[Kaslin]

The Democratic Party is rolling out its left-wing big guns to go to California to support Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election scheduled for Sept. 14.

In California, the bluest of blue states, where, in 2020, challenger Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump by a margin of almost 2-1, the polls are within the margin of error showing Newsom holding on in the recall.

Why are Vice President Kamala Harris and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar putting it on the line to campaign for Newsom?

They know that what is going on in California is a laboratory for what is going on in the nation and in the Democratic Party.

The beginning of Newsom's fall from grace was discovery of his dining at a party at a fancy French restaurant in California wine country, where dinners start at $450 per person, keeping no COVID-19 restrictions while he had his whole state on strict lockdown.

This was more than an embarrassing moment for the governor. And it was more than a graphic picture of political hypocrisy and double standards. It was a portrayal of very different takes on how America works that is now being driven home by radio talk show host Larry Elder, who is leading the pack of candidates challenging Newsom.

Elder is Black, from humble origins in Los Angeles. After finishing high school in LA's inner city, he moved on to the Ivy League, getting a bachelor's degree at Brown University and then a law degree at the University of Michigan. He then found his voice talking about ideas on talk radio.

Elder's background and experience gave him a hard gut-feel of what is crucial for getting ahead in America: freedom.

He developed a deep understanding that a free economy is what drives growth, and creates jobs and opportunity for those trying to get ahead.

He also understands that nowhere is freedom more important than in education and nowhere is competition more badly needed than in Los Angeles' substandard, union-controlled public school system.

Newsom represents a Democratic Party that delivers a different picture of reality. It is controlled by progressives, many of whom are wealthy, and the nitty gritty that drives economic growth really doesn't interest them.

They are more interested in their own feel-good progressive values.

Newsom's own career has been driven by support from wealthy California liberals such as Getty Oil Co. scion Gordon Getty, who employed Newsom's father.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, both from Newsom's northern California, are listed in the top 10 wealthiest members of Congress. In a Center for Responsive Politics report in 2018, Pelosi showed a net worth of $114.7 million and Feinstein $87.5 million.

California is an ethnic minority majority state. In the 2020 presidential election, 49% of California voters were white, compared with 67% nationwide.

It could be that California's ethnic minority voters are waking up to the truth that the America that Elder is talking about -- lower taxes and regulations, free markets, education competition -- is what they need, rather than the left-wing progressivism of rich white liberals.

The U.S. Supreme Court pushed back against Newsom's move to use COVID-19 as an excuse to shut down churches while giving more latitude to restaurants and hair salons to operate freely. He clamped down on public schools while sending his own kids to operating private schools.

According to the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is tied with New York and New Mexico with the second highest unemployment rate in the country -- 7.6%. Only Nevada is higher at 7.7%.

According to United Van Lines' annual report on household movements out of and into states, in 2020 California was fourth highest in the country in out migration.

In elections last November, Republicans won back four of eight seats they lost in 2018.

Maybe change is coming to the bluest of blue states.

[snoringbear]

Agree. He won’t be recalled. There won’t be a Republican Governor. California will remain the deepest of deep. Forget about California. Let them wallow in their own feces.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Is the Left Losing Its Grip on California?

No. Polling indicates Newsome is going to beat the recall effort (more 'no' votes on recall then 'yes'). California hasn't been sane since the '90s, when the massive inflow of Northeastern liberals combined with the massive inflow of illegals from south of the border turned the state deep blue.

The only real hope for CA is if the Mexican-American vote turns against the Democrats. Trump showed the way forward for Republicans with the Latino vote, and it's not by doing Democrat-Lite - unfortunately, that's all California Republicans know how to do.

[Richard Axtell]

The Democrats are going to attempt to steal the Recall election. That should come as a surprise to no one. Will they be successful? They sure won’t be stealthy, as the obviousness of it all stinks like a dead skunk in the middle of the road.

The only question will be, what the hell will the people of California due about this crime, and the total trashing of their state, and the smell? Move, I guess.

[dragnet2]

White men are now only ~17% of the population

I'm surprised it's that high in CA. I watched them flood the state with millions of foreign nationals and illegals year after year for decades.

[Erik Latranyi]

Yes, and Trump was going to win 30% of the black vote, 60% of the Jewish vote and 75% of the hispanic vote.....

[DoodleDawg]

Is the Left Losing Its Grip on California?

No. And if Parker thinks they have then she's delusional.

[SmokingJoe]

Wrong. Did you know population and voters are not synonyms? The white population is not 49%, not for 10 years. It is, as I said, ~35%.

Nonsense. Only crazy Dem fanatics like you keep screaming about "Non Latino Whites"
White Lainos ARE White.
You cannot separate White Latinos from other Whites and keep blabbing g on about None Latino Whites.
Ted Cruz is Latino AND White. Marco Rubio is Latino AND White. They are both Republican US Senators.
Can you get that round your dumb, clueless head?

[SmokingJoe]

and Trump was going to win 30% of the black vote, 60% of the Jewish vote and 75% of the hispanic vote.....

Except nobody here on FR or any pollster including Rasmussen, ever said that.

[frank ballenger]

White men are now only ~17% of the population.

Lucky for CA that demographic consists of worthless, no good, low down no accounts.

What did they ever do to accomplish anything? Sit in front of a TV and drink beer and eat snack foods.

Everyone else can ignore them and go on to greatness.

[SmokingJoe]

White has traditionally referred to people with European ancestors

And Spain is in Europe and they are in the European Union.
And White is a race and has been a race long long long before the first White man ever set foot in America.

[HamiltonJay]

I can’t seem either old mattress of the dementia puppet showing up in Cali unless they truly think its a sure thing...

Neither will help... so they must know the fix is in.

[Kevmo]

They’ve destroyed the electoral system, and even peaceful public protest isn’t allowed anymore. So the options aren’t good…and of course we have a senile idiot of a president who threatens to call in “F15s and nuclear weapons” against those of us who oppose the program.

***Knowing this, what is the right course of action? I propose it should be secession.

from my home page

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Secession

It's time for us to jettison those who reject our national values because there's no changing them. Time to secede.

We should extend the invitation to secede on a county by county basis.

While we're at it, since we'd be forming a new country, we should extend the invitation to counties in Canada and Mexico as well.

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[Wayne07]

Nonsense. Only crazy Dem fanatics like you keep screaming about "Non Latino Whites"

Then why are you quoting "49%" when that is the number for "Non Latino White" voters? You are either stupid or a hypocrite. Sad thing is, I think you are really just a big baby who got caught with the wrong number and are trying to hide your spilled milk.

[Angelino97]

I like McClintock, though I don't remember him running. I voted for Schwarzenegger because ...

1. The issues he promoted.

2. The Left was painting him as a "right-wing extremist" (as they do all Republicans), and I wanted to piss off the Left.

3. I wanted to say that I voted for The Governator! (I know this reason is shallow, but hey, I liked his movies.)

This time I voted for Larry Elder. (Although I expect the election to be stolen.)

[Kevmo]

McClintock was in the lead right before Ahnold stepped in. Larry isn’t up against a popularity contest hollywood icon. Good.

[zeestephen]

Your argument is not with me, Joe.

The Census Bureau and political pollsters use these terms.

Free Republic is a political website, so I use those terms, too.

[SmokingJoe]

Then why are you quoting “49%” when that is the number for “Non Latino White” voters?

Don't drag yourself even lower in the intelligence scale.
That 49% Whites who voted in California in 2020, is not “non Latino Whites”. Its ALL Whites. German Whites, Scandinavian Whites, French Whites, Belgian Whites, Latino Whites...ALL Whites.
Can your rather weak far left, deranged brain wrap itself around that?

[Wayne07]

That 49% Whites who voted in California in 2020, is not “non Latino Whites”

Dude, you are so wrong. If you had an ounce of common sense it would be obvious. If 49% was all white voters, what do you think the other 51% is? California is only 15% Asian and 6% Black. Do you think they made up the other 51% of voters???

I'll take the apology now, and we can move on.

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PS: The fact that the Latino vote went 75% for Biden, whereas the non-Latino White vote was evenly split show there is a relevant reason to treat them as separate groups when we are talking politics. So get off your high horse, get your facts straight, and stop being an idiot.

[SmokingJoe]

Dude, you are so wrong.

Says the guy that just keeps spewing out nonsense

If you had an ounce of common sense it would be obvious.

It would be obvious that “Whites” does not include Latino Whites?
On what planet is that?
Far left cloud cuckooland?

If 49% was all white voters, what do you think the other 51% is?

Oh lemme see..Blacks, Asians, Non White Latinos etc etc. Plenty of races in California.

[SmokingJoe]

PS: The fact that the Latino vote went 75% for Biden, whereas the non-Latino White vote was evenly split show there is a relevant reason to treat them as separate groups when we are talking politics.

That doesn't one iota make a Latino White non white.
Latino Whites ARE still Whites.