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0 pointsGibbon17y ago0 comments

Republicans have been trashing California since the Vietnam war.

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Republicans dominated California in federal elections for most of its history until 1992; it was one of the most solid of Republican strongholds.

Republicans have been trashing Hollywood and San Francisco/Berkeley for a long time, though.

sbov7y ago

Interestingly, a lot of states are like that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...

Gibbon1OP7y ago

That branch of the Republican party is extinct though.

billner7y ago

Immigration changed California to solidly blue more than anything else.

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jliptzin7y ago

It's amazing how many "conservatives" I've run into who've never been to San Francisco, but somehow "know" that it's a liberal hellhole that everyone hates.

stephengillie7y ago

Stories about NIMBYism on HN don't help.

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hamandcheese7y ago

I live there now, can confirm.

Tsubasachan7y ago

I think Republicans hate all blue States. Due to America's peculiar Electoral College system one man is not one vote. This keeps California severely disenfranchised in American politics.

Californians are second class citizens. And when they try to exercise their state rights the Republicans are quick to stop them.

mrhappyunhappy7y ago

California should secede. It has enough people to form its own government representative of the population.

notriddle7y ago

That's pretty much the nuclear option. Everyone, both the rest of the Union and the State of California, would all suffer if they did that.

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