The Associated Press summarized what has happened to politics in California, once Nixon and Reagan country and today America’s biggest tax base: demographic change. And California is the future.
In California racism will no longer get a candidate elected. People of color outnumber white people. Independents outnumber Republicans. The Democrats hold a 41 to 9 edge in House seats. One House district with a 7 point Republican registration advantage ousted an incumbent Republican because so many Republican voters found Trump toxic. They elected a protege of Elizabeth Warren.
Hillary Clinton carried Orange County, a legendary Republican stronghold.
So far the Republican Party has learned nothing from its defeats. It's doubling down on a losing hand.
The nation and state need two or more viable parties to give voters at least a shadow of choice. The Republicans in California are on life support. For the moment, the voters mostly are choosing between the two wings of the Democratic Party, who seem fairly well matched.
If the nation's deluded Republican leaders and voters can re-orient themselves to face reality, their party might avoid joining the Passenger Pigeon.
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