Posted on 01/10/2018 2:25:17 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
When it comes to House seats, no state is more consistently Democratic than Massachusetts. The last time that state elected a Republican to the House in either a general or special election was 1994, when Republicans captured 2 of its 10 seats. Over the intervening decades, it hasn’t happened.
But when one is identifying the most Democratic state in the country, Massachusetts usually isn’t the first state that comes to mind. Instead, that honor belongs to California, the nation’s largest state and the one that immediately conjures images of Hollywood liberals and Humboldt hippies. Yet that picture of California is incomplete. Once solidly Republican, the GOP still retains a bastion of support in the southern part of the state, anchored by conservatives in Orange County and the military’s heavy presence near San Diego.
Should things go the Democrats’ way this November, they could emerge with 47 of the state’s 53 House seats — enough by itself to reduce the Republicans’ 46-seat majority to a 30-seat one.
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Despite the presence of rock ribbed conservative Freepers in the land of Jim Robinson, California seems to be a lost cause.
Though I’ve never been there, I’ve read much about California.
I’ve met people who lived there in the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and so many of them described it as great - a land of great weather and more importantly, great opportunity. It was never perfect but most seemed to enjoy it. In many ways, the American Dream could be found there.
But from all accounts, it has turned into a cesspool. Bad transportation infrastructure, bad schools, crime, illegals, etc - you name it, California has that affliction.
Years ago, I’d have loved to have lived there. Orange County, the San Fernando Valley, Santa Barbara, etc. But now I’m not even sure I’d want to visit.
A lot closer than they ever would have gotten without Reagan’s amnesty and two Bush Presidents who refused to enforce the laws.
I thought Northern California (Sacramento) and and East California (is that even a term) was conservative?
Has the state been gerrymandered that badly?
There’s nothing ‘Democratic’ about the democRAT party. They should just merge with CPUSA and get it over with.
Even if we are facing a tough off year election, and I suspect we are, I doubt we will loose every seat. Some of those districts are very rural and conservative. But all of that said, off year elections are usually bad for the party in the White House. I suspect that we could be in for a long and unpleasant night.
UGH!!!
It irritates the heck out of me that they use Democratic when they should be using Democrat. When talking about a political party it is democrat party or republican party. When talking about a form of government it should be a Democracy (which we are not) or a Republic (which we are).
Just one or my many pet peeves but I won’t go into that now.
Orange County went for Hillary in 2016, the first time the County went for a Democrat since 1936(!). Changing demographics is part of it, but Trump also lost a lot of college-educated white people who used to be solid Republicans. (Nationwide, he more than made up for that by picking up white working class voters who used to be Dems, but there aren't many coal miners in Orange County.)
What do you think? You think only Republican states gerrymander? Both parties do it as much as they possibly can.
The official name of the party is "The Democratic Party," not the Democrat Party.
I’ve never really understood...why V.D.H. continues to live there.........
“It’s not ‘gerrymandering’ when OUR side does it” :-)
Fixed.
“...California, the nation’s largest state “
Sorry, Compost loons...Alaska is largest state, Texas second.
Where do these newspaper dunces come from?
It still very much is a land of opportunity. Just stay away from Los Angeles :)
By population
It already has it. It’s just that some of them have an “R” next to their name.
Hopefully most of those demodummies will slid off into the ocean before election day..........just saying.
CA, the home of voter fraud, ya think?
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