Things ain’t looking too good on the West Coast for Republicans…..
For anyone wondering about the state of the Republican Party in California these days, consider this: There may be no Republican candidate for governor or United States senator on the state’s ballot this November.
That dispiriting possibility is beginning to sink in for California Republicans, against the backdrop of a divisive debate among its candidates and leaders on how the embattled party can become competitive again in a state where Ronald Reagan was elected twice as governor and that Richard M. Nixon called home.
It’s no secret the state’s Republican Party has been in a decline for 20 years. Its challenges have been aggravated by the election of President Trump, as he has pushed tougher policies on such issues as immigration and the environment, running up against strong and often bipartisan sentiment in California.
A field of Republican candidates for the United States Senate and governor is struggling against these headwinds as they seek to end a more than 10-year drought and elect a party member to statewide office. Under the California election system, candidates compete in an open, nonpartisan primary on June 5. The two candidates who get the most votes — regardless of party — advance to the November general election….
The “drought” in electing a statewide Republican in California is nothing compared to the much longer drought for Democrats in Texas.
He, he, he….
True that on Texas…
That’s true. It’s worth noting that the end of the 90s saw Texas much more Republucan and California much more Democrat than they had been at the start of the decade.
However California then detoured for a few years when they elected mland reelected moderate Republican Schwarzenegger to the governorship while Texas continued with GOP governors.
While Texas is slowly losing some of it’s red tint I’d be surprised if they elected a Democrar statewide before the mid 2020s. Beto O’Rourke could come within 5 pts of knocking off Ted Cruz but unless lightning strikes I don’t think he can win.
It seems to me that conservatives from other parts of the country (Illinois, NY, etc) moving to Texas is helping to keep the blue wave at bay. I think states like Arizona and Georgia will be competitive for Democrats sooner than TX will.
Yes,I agree.
There is always a lot of discussion here about Texas.Missing from the talk ,in general ,is the fact that ,unlike the national Republican Party and many state parties,the Texas Republican Party has done a much better job of bringing Hispanics into the fold.
Accordingly ,this talk ,which usually revolves around the idea that the growing Hispanic population assures a Democratic comeback in Texas,is not necessarily so.
If I remember?
You gave it about 20 years to switch over to Dem’s Jack?
No I said that I thought the Democrats would become “competitive “in the mid2020s.
That has been my position for about the last five years or so.
And,well ,we all know about your ,uh,”memory.”
Have you looked up the meaning of the word,
“selective?”
Ok
Yea my memory isn’t that bad when I’m right