I doubt California does this well. My experience in California is that if you look at voting trends you'd think areas like SF are deeply blue, probably borderli

I doubt California does this well. My experience in California is that if you look at voting trends you'd think areas like SF are deeply blue, probably borderline far left. If you come out here though, it's really not that way. Then again, a comparison like the one you gave is bound to fail even the smallest smell test. The outcome is similar in that votes don't really reflect what the population wants, but for different reasons.