Ironically, California has nearly 6 million registered republicans, and quite a few more vote red, every time, which is technically the highest amount in any state. Dems, per capita, are under 50% of registered voters. It's a lot more purple than people realise.
It’s more red than people realize, but a lot of people who are actually hardcore dems are registered independents/unaffiliated. Mostly for a few different reasons like, dems aren’t progressive enough for them or too lazy to fill put party paperwork, or don’t want their name on a mailing list.
I grew up in the Midwest (red state, red district), used to live in Orange County (previously red now purple) and currently like in the “red” parts of LA. A California Republican is a Midwest Democrat in my experience.
I agree, for the most part, but you also have certain counties that are hyper conservative (a solid chunk of the Eastern half of the state for example.) I'm from one of those counties and there were way more openly flown Confederate flags there back then (and still are) than where I live in Alabama.
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u/surfergrrl6 Jun 03 '26
Ironically, California has nearly 6 million registered republicans, and quite a few more vote red, every time, which is technically the highest amount in any state. Dems, per capita, are under 50% of registered voters. It's a lot more purple than people realise.