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HarmlessRabbit · 10-11-2003, 07:38 AM

If you look at the voting record, the bay area is solidly democratic, the rest of california is not.

For example. here are the 2000 presidential election results:

http://www.polidata.org/en2000/ca00pcy.pdf

People like to think of the whole state as being full of granola-eaters, but in truth there are huge cities like Sacramento that are not very liberal at all.

That said, I think the recall vote was more against Gray Davis than for Arnold. We've had republicans in charge before (remember that guy named Reagan?) and I don't think this recall election is a real sign one way or another.

My sense is that California is the same as it has been. Arnold isn't much of a traditional republican, he's positively liberal in a lot of his views, so even if he creates a moderate republican vote in the state, I'm not sure how much of that rubs off on Bush.

10-11-2003, 07:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
HarmlessRabbit Junkie Location: San Jose, CA	If you look at the voting record, the bay area is solidly democratic, the rest of california is not. For example. here are the 2000 presidential election results: http://www.polidata.org/en2000/ca00pcy.pdf People like to think of the whole state as being full of granola-eaters, but in truth there are huge cities like Sacramento that are not very liberal at all. That said, I think the recall vote was more against Gray Davis than for Arnold. We've had republicans in charge before (remember that guy named Reagan?) and I don't think this recall election is a real sign one way or another. My sense is that California is the same as it has been. Arnold isn't much of a traditional republican, he's positively liberal in a lot of his views, so even if he creates a moderate republican vote in the state, I'm not sure how much of that rubs off on Bush.