Because legislative districting is based on population, not voter turnout, we have a Legislature that is much more liberal than the population. Check out the average vote totals for elected Democrats vs. elected Republicans and you’ll see what I’m taking about.

So, yes, I think direct democracy is the best hope for libertarians and conservatives to effect major change in California, and there’s evidence to back that up.

(Even though as a libertarian, I can’t stand all the tough-on-crime laws that fill up prisons with non-threatening old people and make sexual offenders more likely to commit new crimes.)

In order to succeed in a direct democracy, you need to attract the votes of a majority of the voters. The majority of voters in California (or most any place els , for that matter) are NOT Tea Party and so-called “evangelical” Republicans. So why to people think they can continue to put forth candidates like Tim Donnelly and expect to win?