And we shouldn't neglect the lack of a Trump campaign in CA, which feeds back on the very weak Republican down-ticket situation. Dems have about two-thirds of partisan offices, and notably the US Senate race that in past years would have served as a statewide nexus for campaigning even in the absence of a strong Presidential candidate features two Democrats.
Celebrity status and blind party loyalty, but also a weak candidate and years of anti-Clinton propaganda.
Probably those latter two haven't had much traction in CA because the Republican were simultaneously imploding here, significantly keyed on Trump's primary issue (anti-immigration; basically the flip side of appealing to white voters).
His other main issue, saving smokestack industries, doesn't have much traction in CA since relatively strong air pollution regulations largely ran them out of the state decades ago. And those regulations, along with related climate action, are popular (people do like to breathe), further dampening Trump's appeal.
And we shouldn't neglect the lack of a Trump campaign in CA, which feeds back on the very weak Republican down-ticket situation. Dems have about two-thirds of partisan offices, and notably the US Senate race that in past years would have served as a statewide nexus for campaigning even in the absence of a strong Presidential candidate features two Democrats.
Celebrity status and blind party loyalty, but also a weak candidate and years of anti-Clinton propaganda.
Probably those latter two haven't had much traction in CA because the Republican were simultaneously imploding here, significantly keyed on Trump's primary issue (anti-immigration; basically the flip side of appealing to white voters).
His other main issue, saving smokestack industries, doesn't have much traction in CA since relatively strong air pollution regulations largely ran them out of the state decades ago. And those regulations, along with related climate action, are popular (people do like to breathe), further dampening Trump's appeal.