"... the people of California rejected [GOP] obstructionism and voted to move forward to make the state work."

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COMMENTS:
*  Blacks, Mexicans, other Latinos, Jews, working, taxpaying union members, gays, people who believe in science, women of childbearing age who don't appreciate being told by religious whacko white men when, where and how they are to become pregnant and give birth. Why do you think the Democrats have won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 presidential elections. The white vote isn't just split. The Republican whites are either billionaire corporate polluters or less educated racists who hurl filthy insults at all those other groups and then seem dumbfounded when they all turn out on presidential election day to vote against them.
*  There is really no big surprise here. After years and years of having the GOP legislators stonewall and play their oppose everything and do nothing card, the people of California rejected their obstructionism and voted to move forward to make the state work. Both California and its government is financially sound today, primarily because the GOP faction has been marginalized. They are anti-progress and pro-wealthy. California knows that.
*  Most of California does not live in the past like the conservative states. The future is bright for those willing to fit into it. The Golden State is not a Confederate State or Bible thumping backwoods.
*  Californians are tired of Republicans demeaning America and Americans who are different.
Californians don't agree with Republican policy and programs and want forward thinking leadership. Republicans don't get this and simply rely on demeaning those that disagree with them. Republicans are no longer a political party and are more of a political insurgency.*  more proof that the repub party has nothing to offer the american people
*  A lot of us consider ourselves independents. We do NOT vote for one party, but rather for the individual candidates that most closely match our view.
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More Californians register to vote but fewer are Republicans, state says
By Sharon Bernstein, February 22, 2016

More people have registered to vote in California since the last major election in 2012, but the number of Republicans in the Democrat-dominated state continues to drop, according to state data released.

Democrats hold all statewide elective offices and large majorities in both houses of the legislature in the most populous U.S. state.

There were just under 4.8 million Republicans registered in the state as of Jan. 3, down from nearly 5.2 million in early January 2012, the last presidential election cycle, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Monday.

Republicans accounted for 27.62 percent of registered voters in California, down from 30.36 percent in 2012, according to the data, which was posted on Padilla's state website.

Most of that change was reflected in the number of voters registering as independents, which went up by just under 3 percent. In January 2016, the number of Californians indicating that they preferred not to state a party preference was 4.1 million, up from 3.6 million in 2012. Independents accounted for 24 percent of all registered voters in 2016, up from about 21 percent in 2012.

The number of Democrats remained about the same at roughly 7.4 million.

The number of people registered to vote in California rose by about 231,000 since 2012 to 17.3 million.
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