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Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 6, 2018 at 3:42 pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/us/ca...ss&emc=rss
Quote:An Urgent Debate for California Republicans: How to Get Back in the Game
Quote:WHITTIER, Calif. — For anyone wondering about the state of the Republican Party in California these days, consider this: There may be no Republican candidate for governor or United States senator on the state’s ballot this November.
Quote:Under the California election system, candidates compete in an open, nonpartisan primary on June 5. The two candidates who get the most votes — regardless of party — advance to the November general election.
If Republicans fall short in capturing one of those two November slots next month, which members of both parties say is a strong possibility, it would apparently be the first election where there was no major party candidate for both the Senate and governor races since 1914.
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 6, 2018 at 8:47 pm
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 6, 2018 at 9:02 pm
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(May 6, 2018 at 3:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/us/ca...ss&emc=rss
Quote:An Urgent Debate for California Republicans: How to Get Back in the Game
Quote:WHITTIER, Calif. — For anyone wondering about the state of the Republican Party in California these days, consider this: There may be no Republican candidate for governor or United States senator on the state’s ballot this November.
Quote:Under the California election system, candidates compete in an open, nonpartisan primary on June 5. The two candidates who get the most votes — regardless of party — advance to the November general election.
If Republicans fall short in capturing one of those two November slots next month, which members of both parties say is a strong possibility, it would apparently be the first election where there was no major party candidate for both the Senate and governor races since 1914.
Only if this becomes the norm for 26 or more states permanently would this country have a future as a country. A country can not survive as cohrent state or as a union of people of different economic interests when the party of traitors that would happily sell out the interest of the state or the union to advance the interest of one particular social economic group is regarded one legitimate end of a mainstream political spectrum.
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 6, 2018 at 9:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2018 at 9:52 pm by Rev. Rye.)
Wow. This is happening in the most populous state of America. That is impressive.
A point that may be interesting, my hometown is so blue that the State represenative for the town has, as far back as I can remember, run unopposed. Ballotpedia has a page for him. Starting in 1996, when Ballotpedia's records start, he's been opposed exactly three times, in 2002, 2004, and 2012.
To be fair, it could be due to Illinois' political machine that he's so rarely opposed, but the fact that Skokie can't even be arsed to support a local Republican party at all does suggest we're just that liberal. And now, a state of the Union with over 10% of the population of the nation has reached this point. Kinda gets you right here, doesn't it?
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 7, 2018 at 5:29 am
(May 6, 2018 at 3:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/us/ca...ss&emc=rss
Quote:An Urgent Debate for California Republicans: How to Get Back in the Game
Quote:WHITTIER, Calif. — For anyone wondering about the state of the Republican Party in California these days, consider this: There may be no Republican candidate for governor or United States senator on the state’s ballot this November.
Quote:Under the California election system, candidates compete in an open, nonpartisan primary on June 5. The two candidates who get the most votes — regardless of party — advance to the November general election.
If Republicans fall short in capturing one of those two November slots next month, which members of both parties say is a strong possibility, it would apparently be the first election where there was no major party candidate for both the Senate and governor races since 1914.
And the best thing is it's their own bloody fault too for introducing the cuurent system.
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 9, 2018 at 6:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2018 at 6:52 am by Fake Messiah.)
Yeah let's look at some fun facts about California economy:
- California grew 3.4% in 2017
- well faster than rest of the nation
- California is now the 4th largest economy in the world
- larger than all of Russia
- California has loads of Mexicans, immigrants, Muslims, gays...
- liberal policies work
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 9, 2018 at 12:04 pm
And they have a budget surplus....
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-gove...86288.html
unlike those shithole red states which are going broke because they can't stop throwing money at millionaires.
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 9, 2018 at 12:08 pm
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They also have the highest poverty rate.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.c...utType=amp
You might also notice that the right leaning State of Texas does fairly well also.
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 9, 2018 at 12:19 pm
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RE: Interesting Turn of Events in California
May 9, 2018 at 12:25 pm
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