2018 CA-GOV and CA-SEN results comparison

[Calthrina950]

Newsom is toxic in OC, it's really that simple. Every other statewide Dem performed well there. Feinstein was the generic Democratic candidate and OC voters had no reason to vote against that in 2018.

It's interesting how 2018 was the first time ever that Feinstein won Orange County, and she did it against another Democrat. She couldn't even win it in 2012 when she got 63% of the statewide vote.

[Calthrina950]

What’s with the Newsom-de Leon areas? Who are these anti-Feinstein Democrats in these places? Why are such Democrats less common in the urban areas?
Feinstein: 54.2%, de Leon: 45.8%

As was explained on here, de Leon did very well in the Central and Imperial Valleys, which have a large number of Hispanics. If I recall correctly, he won the Hispanic vote, while Feinstein carried whites, blacks, and Asians. Though it surprises me that de Leon, as far as I can tell, didn't win any of the Hispanic-majority districts in Los Angeles County, such as those of Barragan, Torres, Roybal-Allard, or Gomez, nor any in Orange County, like that of Correa. I would assume he ran close in those districts, though.

[Calthrina950]

What’s with the Newsom-de Leon areas? Who are these anti-Feinstein Democrats in these places? Why are such Democrats less common in the urban areas?
Feinstein: 54.2%, de Leon: 45.8%

As was explained on here, de Leon did very well in the Central and Imperial Valleys, which have a large number of Hispanics. If I recall correctly, he won the Hispanic vote, while Feinstein carried whites, blacks, and Asians. Though it surprises me that de Leon, as far as I can tell, didn't win any of the Hispanic-majority districts in Los Angeles County, such as those of Barragan, Torres, Roybal-Allard, or Gomez, nor any in Orange County, like that of Correa. I would assume he ran close in those districts, though.

CA-44 wasn’t even close. The others were fairly close, but CA-40 (de Leon’s home district) was the only one where Feinstein was held to less than 52%. Why are Mono, Alpine, Humboldt, and Mendocino Newsom-de Leon counties?

White liberals and hippies, I believe. These are all socially liberal counties, and de Leon is much more socially progressive than Feinstein is-i.e. his views on immigration and race issues, which are definitely on the left end of the ideological spectrum within the Democratic Party. These counties would have been receptive to his views on such issues, and possibly thought Feinstein had been in office too long and was out of touch-i.e. her encounter with those student activists in her office after the election.