[ErnBatavia]

You well describe "some" of California...but only the coastal 40 miles or so...once you get inland (such as here in Riverside County) you get a Repub/Dem ratio approaching 60/40.

The reddest of the red states can't generally boast that percentage.

[RockinRight]

If I were a Californian I'd almost want to split the state up:

West California, which would be basically the entire coastal area to 40 miles inland, but leaving out San Diego, which would go to the new East California along with the rest of the state. So basically West California would be the LA to San Jose to San Francisco corridor, and East California would encompass Sacramento, Stockton, San Diego, etc.