Faint Stirrings of Life From the GOP in California
17th June 2022
Though California does have sections that are politically conservative, the left has an iron grip on the state’s politics because of its large coastal urban areas. The state has also instituted something called the jungle primary, which means that the two top vote-getters in the primary run against each other in the general, no matter what party they belong to. In California, that almost automatically means two Democrats will be running.
It’s ironic that the jungle primary, instituted in 2010, was supposed to help the state become more competitive for independents and moderates. But that didn’t pan out; no Republican has even been on the ballot in a US Senate race in the general election since 2010.