Osamenor
Staff member
CA is a big state, and populous centers tend to run blue. The republican discourse especially where racially tinged or unconscious of differing life paths just doesn’t fly well. It’s unfortunate, as California Democrat’s’ profligate spending hardly reflects the utopian ideals of the party’s brain trust - it’s mostly gone to swelling the bureaucracy.
Actually, California Democrats as a group tend to be fiscally conservative. The fate of the ballot propositions in the latest election is evidence of that. Californians voted overwhelmingly against propositions that would have cost the state heavily. But at the same time, California Democrats tend to be socially liberal.
That's the voters, not necessarily the legislators (although the last few treasurers have been fiscally conservative). Still, it's proof that socially liberal doesn't always mean profligate spender.