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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT Monday front page: 'Republican Party in California Is Caught in Cycle of Decline'
Source: New York Times
... Registered Republicans now account for just 30 percent of the California electorate, and are on a path that analysts predict could drop them to No. 3 in six years, behind Democrats, who currently make up 43 percent, and independent voters, with 21 percent.
Its no longer a statewide party, said Allan Hoffenblum, who worked for 30 years as a Republican consultant in California. They are down to 30 percent, which makes it impossible to win a statewide election. You just cant get enough crossover voters.
They have alienated large swaths of voters, he said. They have become too doctrinaire on the social issues. Its become a cult.
... The institution of the California Republican Party, I would argue, has effectively collapsed, said Steve Schmidt, a Republican consultant who was a senior adviser to Mr. Schwarzenegger. It doesnt do any of the things that a political party should do. It doesnt register voters. It doesnt recruit candidates. It doesnt raise money. The Republican Party in the state institutionally has become a small ideological club that is basically in the business of hunting out heretics.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/us/politics/california-republicans-seek-a-turnaround.html
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)cracks in the rethug foundation here behind the Orange Curtain.
shanti
(21,675 posts)by reading the comments on the sacramento bee! the winger sockpuppets number dems at least 3 to 1.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)vanguard. I hope that applies to this situation.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Darryl Assa ASAP.