Texas, for 1st time ever, was state with highest # of votes 4 GOP nominee

[This is Eharding, guys]

California was, for the first time since 1960, not in first place in terms of number of votes for GOP nominee in 2016. Rather, it was third (after Texas and Florida). I find this kind of shocking, to be honest. White flight from California and into Florida has been severe, especially among Republicans. In 2004, the gap between Bush votes in Florida and California was over one and a half million. How fast time flies!

[Beet]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

[Technocracy Timmy]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

#LaughingMyOssoff

[SingingAnalyst]

Yes, and how the political composition of the states has changed in 40 years:

In 1976, the states that gave Carter the most votes were, in order: CA, NY, PA, IL, TX (OH was 6th).  The states that gave Ford the most votes were CA, NY, IL, PA, OH (TX was 6th).

In 2016, the states that gave Clinton the most votes were CA, NY, FL, TX, IL-- with CA nearly twice as many as the second highest state.  The states that gave Trump the most votes were TX, FL, CA, PA, OH.

Note the growing dissimilarity.

[Nyvin]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

A ghetto that has one seventh of the US economy...interesting.

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California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

#LaughingMyOssoff

Well, he's kind of got a point. California seems to have a lot of million dollar 2 bedroom houses in high crime neighborhoods.

[Technocracy Timmy]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

#LaughingMyOssoff

Well, he's kind of got a point. California seems to have a lot of million dollar 2 bedroom houses in high crime neighborhoods.

I was laughing at how relatively accurate the statement was

[JoshPA]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

I am surprise this is coming from a dc democrat why that?

[This is Eharding, guys]

NOVA Green, I would prefer the criticism have been more constructive.

[NOVA Green]

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It is also significant to note that the population growth rate in California so now it is only 17th in the nation in % of Pop Growth Rate, versus #2 Texas and #5 Florida, not even including the obvious collapse of Republican support at the Presidential level in 2016.

[SingingAnalyst]

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It is also significant to note that the population growth rate in California so now it is only 17th in the nation in % of Pop Growth Rate, versus #2 Texas and #5 Florida, not even including the obvious collapse of Republican support at the Presidential level in 2016.

Doesn't CA lead the nation, numerically speaking, in out-migration?

[RINO Tom]

Kind of easy to forget post-2004 (I feel like that's when this whole "Jesusland vs. United States of Canada" bullshlt really took off, no?) just how many tens of millions of Republicans live in "blue states" and how many tens of millions of Democrats live in "red states."  When Republicans trash a state like California, they're trashing the home state of 4.5 million loyal Republican voters who backed their nominee ... there were more Republican votes on the West Coast alone (WA, OR, CA) than the entire Deep South (LA, MS, AL, GA, SC), for example (6,487,960 vs. 6,442,100).

[Del Tachi]

Los Angeles County still had the most votes for Trump and Clinton of any U.S. county I believe, and that's very unlikely to change anytime soon.

[This is Eharding, guys]

Los Angeles County still had the most votes for Trump and Clinton of any U.S. county I believe, and that's very unlikely to change anytime soon.

Maricopa will surpass it in 2020.

[SingingAnalyst]

Kind of easy to forget post-2004 (I feel like that's when this whole "Jesusland vs. United States of Canada" bullshlt really took off, no?) just how many tens of millions of Republicans live in "blue states" and how many tens of millions of Democrats live in "red states."  When Republicans trash a state like California, they're trashing the home state of 4.5 million loyal Republican voters who backed their nominee ... there were more Republican votes on the West Coast alone (WA, OR, CA) than the entire Deep South (LA, MS, AL, GA, SC), for example (6,487,960 vs. 6,442,100).

Close. I think the aftermath of 2000 is when the red state / blue state (and county) thing really entered the public consciousness. Good point about the minority party voters in each state. Trashing our nation's largest state is stupid, but then again referring to whole swaths of the country as "flyover country" is probably not real productive either.

That the 5 Deep South states have virtually closed the GOP numbers gap with the Pacific Northwest is quite remarkable, historically. I won't bore anyone with 1976 data, but as recently as 2000 the Pacific out-GOP'd the Deep South, 6,390,000 to 4,751,000.

[Liberalrocks]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

I laughed at this I live in Los Angeles #truth

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

Location : Washington DC

[Badger]

California is basically like a giant ghetto where they keep all the liberals. The only difference is, in most ghettos the housing is cheap.

A ghetto that has one seventh of the US economy...interesting.