Posted on 06/05/2018 10:06:57 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Sure, it’s just a primary. And the general election is five months away.
But is that reason enough, in a state that has screamed its political resistance loud and clear, to sleep through an election?
The answer, my fellow Californians, is yes.
Andrew Hernandez, 30, told me he had not voted but he had the materials at home and might still cast a ballot.
I asked who was running for governor.
He thought for a moment, as if the answer might bubble up, but there was no fizz. “I couldn’t tell you,” he said. U.S. senator? Hernandez shook his head.
About a third of the people I spoke to did vote, or intended to, and did know what was what.
Voter apathy is nothing new in California. L.A. has picked a mayor with 4 out of 5 eligible voters blowing off the election. School board elections have drawn even fewer voters.
But this is the era of President Trump and the California resistance. We are in the middle of a national shouting match about the direction of the country, and there are no good excuses for making excuses about not voting.
“No offense,” a 63-year-old man told me, “but I never vote.” “I like Trump,” he said, “but let me tell you something: America’s never going to be great again.”
A young woman named Nina said she intended to vote, and thought she had registered, but discovered on election day that she’s not eligible yet. Could she name a candidate for governor? No. For U.S. Senate? Negative.
A middle-aged woman from West Hollywood told me she had already voted and wouldn’t have missed this election. “I voted for Republicans,” she said, and she hoped Newsom doesn’t become the next governor. “I don’t want to live in a sanctuary state.”
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Hoping for lots of good luck out in Cali.
(The article was written by a liberal.)
Hell yeah. Get out there and vote for the people limiting your showers.
LA Times sounds worried.
Well... there’s not much you can say about apathy.
“LA Times sounds worried.”
They should be. Between the Sanctuary State issue and now Big Brother monitoring their showers (and effectively outlawing baths), the Left may well have overplayed their hand there.
Sadly, Mexifornia is an occupied territory ruled by radical leftwing Marxists dicktators.
Mexifornia = #ResistTheConstitution
...and it will only get worse.
Support Calexit and cut out this cancerous growth.
was happy to get out to vote here in L A. looked like very low turnout at my polling place. which gave a hole for Republicans to drive a truck through to get some representation on the ballot in November. finally the jungle primary boomeranged on the Dems. sniff.
Bkmk
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