I'm not sure what you're asking.
I was fortunate enough to live in California during the glory days when Reagan was governor. I love that state.
I still enjoy returning to visit my relatives in the Sacramento Valley. It still looks familiar, but there's no doubt that the demographics have changed. A majority of Californians have shifted to the dark side. A state that was reliably Republican is now reliably Democrat.
George Bush got 15% of the vote in San Francisco County last November, and he did worse across the Bay. How pathetic is that?
I live across the bay in Contra Costa.....he did better here than in 2000....SF, Oakland and Bezerkely were all bad but he got a higher percentage than in 2000 in most of the other counties