[Smogger]

Don't you dare put San Diego and Orange county with LA, Ventura and Santa Barbara...

Orange County is one of the most conservate counties in the state... San Diego is close behind.

Let the lefties have their own playground... the areas around LA and SF. Leave the rest of us alone

I hope your not putting San Bernadino or Riveride Counties in there either. San Bernadino County (the largest county in the US) has more registered Republicans then Democrats and voted Republican in every election I can remember. The Inland Empire is also the fastest growing region in the state.

Which basically leaves LA Country and SF. I hate listening to national Republicans bash California when there are millions and millions of dedicated Republicans here in California. There is no way any of us our leaving one of the most beautiful and affluent parts of the world. You can't fault us for that.

[dufekin]

http://vote2000.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/mapComp.htm

The most conservative county in Claifornia appears to be Modoc (72% Bush, just 53% Dole in '96 though). San Bernadino went Clinton in 1996 (44%) and Bush in 2000 (49%), so I'd call it "very competitive." Orange went Bush (56%) and Dole (51%)--not exactly a landslide. Santa Barbara is actually VERY competitive (Gore--but by only 47-46-7). Ventura is a Bush county--by only 48-47-5. Los Angeles did go Gore, 64-32-4, but if San Diego (Bush, 50-46-4) were as conservative as LA were liberal, we'd be in business. I'd say this "state" of South California is only modestly liberal. PS...I would have added the "Inland Empire" to South California if it weren't so competitive. But it really won't give us a Republican state in LA, so I didn't bother.

[luckystarmom]

And then there are dedicated republicans living in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially in Silicon Valley.

My family is included in that group.