[Inyo-Mono]

Rocky Mountain High. Inspired by the song thousands of hippy types moved there to be close to nature. The same thing that happened to California 20 years ago when tons of Libs poured into the state from NY, and the East Coast.

[Alter Kaker]

Yeah there are Berkeley-style liberals in California, but they're a relatively small minority. The real issue w/California is the huge growth of Asian and Hispanic populations and the fact that both groups, while once Republican, are increasingly Democrat. There are exceptions to this -- Vietnamese immigrants in Orange County for example -- but they're the exception.

California is now 39.7% non-Hispanic white, a number which is falling fast. Unless the GOP can start winning a decent percentage of Hispanics and other non-whites, it won't be able to win a statewide election.

George W. Bush won a majority of white voters in California, McCain came close and Romney may win a majority again. Doesn't matter. Too few non-Hispanic white voters to matter, and those there are a much smaller part of the electorate than they were even 8 years ago.