Demographics is Destiny
Demography is destiny.
Ronald Reagan, for example, signed one of the most liberal state abortion laws in the country when he was governor of California — before Roe v. Wade.
We can blame Reagan, Laxalt, many other Republicans including B1 Bob, who all became squishy on border control. They rewarded millions of illegals with citizenship.
De Tocqueville warned about politicians buying votes with taxpayer money. That’s exactly what Clinton did in California and it’s continuing to this day.
ILLEGALS changed it.....they brought their CRAPHOLE COUNTRY WAYS to Gorgeous California!
The answer is simple “open borders”
They changed the demographics of the state. It’s not as complicated as this article makes it out to be.
Millions upon millions of third-world immigrants tipped the vote left.
The techies attracted the well indoctrinated college graduates. And Hollywierd attracted the rest of the new-Blue staters.
If CA turned blue, why does Deep State need to steal its elections...? 🤔
That demographic killed san fran and LA. Then they migrated north to destroy Oregon and Washington.
I hate dope smokers. I hate hippies. And liberTARDians.
There were so many things going on at the same time, though. And that’s the problem when people try to find *the* cause of anything, or even the handful of causes.
Illegal immigration and the defense industry markedly being downsized in CA at that time are definitely two factors.
But another is the transformation in the 1990s from our “old economy” to the new global, WTO economy where just about everything was Made in China.
Walmart went national in the early ‘90s, just as Bill Clinton became president. Coincidence or no. Walmart probably didn’t need an Arkansan in the WH, but it probably didn’t hurt.
And California is our front door to China, with no small clout, especially in CA, and probably preferring it to be dominated by Democrats.
Then there is the country being remade towards ungodly liberalism by cable TV, PCs and the internet. Since cable and VCRs came along, socializing has plummeted in many respects.
I moved to SoCal in 1966 so I’ve had a front row seat to watch the transformation from ‘Leave It To Beaver’, ‘Beachboys’ America to the multicultural, white American natives as a minority society that has replaced it.
Legal immigration from the 3rd world was the driving force and it still is. Illegal aliens from Mexico get all the press but other than the misguided and destructive 1986 amnesty they aren’t what turned California into a woke post-America.
The problem for the rest of you is that the transformation isn’t going to be confined to California.
Rat cheating
“8 Californians who left for Texas share thoughts 1 year later”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IakAyNtrE_E