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The Democratic party, especially at the local and state level, is almost always dominated by conservatives. Every election with low turnout skews conservative,
by ZoomerCretin 3y ago
The Democratic party, especially at the local and state level, is almost always dominated by conservatives. Every election with low turnout skews conservative, and local elections frequently have <10% turnout.
- marcusverus 3y ago"State lawmakers also approved SB107, a bill designed to protect out-of-state transgender children and their families from civil and criminal penalties when seeking gender-affirming care."[0] The bill passed the assembly with 60 ayes and 19 nays. It passed the senate with 30 ayes and 9 nays.[1] They also passed anti-firearm legislation to allow private citizens to sue gunmakers.[0] It passed with 52 ayes/21 nays in the assembly and 26 ayes/9 nays in the senate. So California democrats toe the party line and vote with progressives on wedge issues. In what sense are they conservative? [0] https://apnews.com/article/california-gavin-newsom-climate-and-environment-government-politics-db57a00e0a8e4ecdd15e4495166c365f https://apnews.com/article/california-gavin-newsom-climate-a... [1] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB107 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xht... [2] https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/07/22/newsom-signs-first-in-nation-bill-allowing-residents-to-sue-makers-sellers-of-illegal-assault-weapons/ https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/07/22/newsom-signs-fi... [3] https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20212022/SB1327/ https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20212022/SB1327/
- ZoomerCretin 3y agoIn the sense that they do not railroad cities and completely invalidate density-based zoning whose only historical basis is the exclusion of minorities from white neighborhoods.