The Democrats’ (rabid-leftists’) preferred candidate is Shifty, so as long as he was easily projected to be one of the top two candidates, they didn’t have any reason to game the system yet. In November, they will use the DMV to provide any extra votes they will need to put Shifty over the top, probably by 8 to 10 points minimum. In reality, Garvey would probably win a fair election, but the California voter fraud system has been in place since the early 2000’s and has been the blueprint for many other blue states’ DMV or equivalent motor vehicle registration department.
Why do I know that a Republican, particularly a MAGA candidate, would win in California in a fair election? Simple. There was a special election in May of 2020 that was held to replace Katie Hill, the “throuple” chick who had to resign in disgrace. She had originally won by about 8 to 10 points in a district that was “purple.” Well, the result was that even though mail-in ballots were used, the ability for them to use the voter rolls to augment the Dem ballots were throttled. The mayor even set up a single polling station amidst the highest concentration of Democrat voters, but still lost...by TEN POINTS! That was a nearly-20% swing in a district. Although Hill’s scandal may have hurt the Dem turnout, that big of a swing in the same voting demographic should not have been related to that alone. The ONLY plausible election is that the ballot rigging process had been subverted, and the TRUE vote counts came out.
This leads me to believe that if the entire election were handled in the same way as the special election, Garvey would have a chance at the victory in the general. And if mail-in ballots were restricted to its original intent, that is military and completely-disabled people (or people out of town under STRICT circumstances), Garvey would win by 5 to 10 points...as in at least half to 2/3’s the congressional districts that currently go to dems. And the state offices would mostly go to the GOP as well.