[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.

[xusafflyer]

We lived in Riverside County and I grew up in San Bernardino county (now living in Indiana). Although the counties are "currently" Republican, they won't stay that way for long.

State Rep Negrette-McCloud is from Chino
Rep Neil Soto is from Pomona, Chino, Ontario

The Hispanics are moving into the Inland Empire in LARGE numbers and they want power. In Chino for instance, the local Catholic bishop is insisting that the city be districted (instead of city vote for Mayor/Council) and the Mexican's want at least one district. They don't like the fact that someone sympathetic to their cause can't be elected by the entire city.

Good luck everyone still in the trenches of California.

[Smogger]

I believe the ever popular Bill Simon carried the Inland Empire (San Bernadino/Riverside Countied) too in 2002. So I say it's gone Republican the last two "major" elections.