Comments on: CA Democrats nearly double state Republicans

By: Dr. Nork

Dr. Nork — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:35:31 +0000

The number of democrats will multiply. Subtle war is coming between the moochers and the high achieving people of color from Asia. The low IQ, high breeders want their share, free college for their inbred Peace and Conflict major(that is legit) UC bound spawn. Can t wait to see Ginsu knives slicing off the manhoods of the least deserving and feeding them to their pets. Bring new meaning to Fuzzy the cat eating Mexican tonight.

By: Art

Art — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:14:25 +0000

The reason why California is turning bluer is because it has achieved a minority majority status in which 40% are Latino voters with 20% being blacks and Asians. As a result, the Republican brand is casted as being toxic because they don’t like immigrants, don’t like the poor, or is in favor of more wars. The only way that can ensure the sucess of Republicans in the future is to hedge on some issues. The message on taxes and spending can still stay on track but it does not have to adhere to ideological purity. As usual, this balance is tricky, go to the left on this issue to appease moderates you upset social conservatives. But go the right on another issue, you again upset the moderates. As California moves forward, people can only hope that this uptick of Democrats don’t vote often or else we’ll be ending up with a Democrat supermajority.

By: Wiley E. Cuyote

Wiley E. Cuyote — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:22:55 +0000

California is irretrievably broken….

I first voted (PROUDLY) for Reagan in 1980 and I will AGAIN proudly vote for Trump in 2016, and then exit this formerly great state for greener, rainier, pastures that are at least purple…

We will endeavor to turn that state back to Red, but unfortunately, this toxic US culture encourages “Get yours for free” thinking and a mentality that is almost 100% opposed to that which my parents inculcated into me…

Hasta la vista, folks…enjoy your multi-cultural stew, high taxes, hot weather, overcrowded freeways, cold, dirty beaches and everything else that California has metastasized into….not to mention the ever-growing seismic risk…

We are OUT in 2017, and that cannot get here soon enough….

On to the next chapter…it was a great run, but I don’t see things turning around for at least 20 years, and I’m getting old enough that I don’t want to stick around to experience it firsthand…we’ll watch from the safety of another state…..

Good luck….

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:37:57 +0000

Voters are what ran this state into the ground in the first place. I see no indication they’re inclined to change their ways.

By: Bill - San Jose

Bill - San Jose — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:48:14 +0000

I like that it is 2 to 1.

When the state goes blue but only by a margin, it’ll show just how badly the blue candidate is. I hope that folks realize that the color of the avatar next to a candidate isn’t a sign of success. Vote for less taxation at all levels, at all times. Government, as we all know here in CA, is out of control and only voters can change that.

Cheers =)

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:53:32 +0000

While interesting (and discouraging) information, the author’s comments are sometimes somewhat misleading. For instance, he says that “disaffected Californians on the right have pushed the American Independent registration into a commanding position in the second political tier.”

But the AIP registration ins May of 2012 was 477,000 — AIP voter registration has DROPPED somewhat since that time to 455,000. Moreover, as Fred Mangels points out, MOST people registered AIP mistakenly thought that they were registering “independent.” Until recently, to register independent in this state you had to check the secretive-sounding “decline to state” box. Indeed, that’s why the Wallace campaign came up with the BRILLIANT party name that they choose.

BTW, in 2012 the Libertarian Party registration was 109,000. Today it’s up modestly to about 117,000.

Given that since “top two” was put in place, no AIP or LP candidate (except President) can even be on the November ballot (except where only one candidate ran from one of the two major parties), it’s amazing the their registration figures have held as high as they have.

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:08:58 +0000

CW wrote, “…disaffected Californians on the right have pushed the American Independent registration into a commanding position in the second political tier.”

Only because people mistakenly believe they’re registering “independent” when they check the American Independent box on the registration form. As CW points out, American Independents are not “independent”.