freepcrusher
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« on: February 22, 2011, 06:43:41 PM » |
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Down ticket, California has always been a democratic state for the past 50 years. The legislature has almost always had democratic majorities with a few exception here and there. Republicans haven't controlled both legislative chambers since 1955-1956.
But this never translated into success in presidential elections. In 1976, Jimmy Carter narrowly lost the state to Ford. But in the legislature, there were more democrats than there are now. They had a 26-14 Senate majority (65%) and a 57-23 assembly majority (71%).
Why did it take so long for California to flip up-ticket?
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