California Republican Party Nears Extinction—Can it Be Saved?

Published on November 22, 2023

Commentary California has effectively become a one-party state, where political races more and more are no longer between a Democrat and a Republican, but between a “normal” Democrat and a socialist Democratic. Almost 80 percent of California’s state and federal representatives are Democrats. Only 24 percent of voters identify as Republican. Not a single statewide office is held by a Republican. The last person to do so was Arnold Schwarzenegger 13 years ago, though even he was arguably a Republican in name only. In Los Angeles, America’s second-largest city, there is not a single Republican on the city council, and only 13 percent of voters are Republican....

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