California GOP Now Officially Sinks to Third Party Status

[Frodo]

According to voter registration rolls:

California Republicans hit rock bottom
New figures show the once-proud state GOP has been relegated to third-party status.

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[AndyHogan14]

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

[DrScholl]

The state GOP has alienated moderates and on top of that a lot of the hardcore conservative choose to register as decline to state. The party strength is becoming more isolated toward rural areas.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

I'm not a Californian. I'm a New Yorker but I completely agree with you.

[Sirius_]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[Crumpets]

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

At least in Washington, we have probably the most robust Socialist organizations in the country, likely as a direct result of the decline in the GOP, consolidation by the Democrats, and the top-two primary system, so that's always something to look forward to.

[Florida Man for Crime]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[KingSweden]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[KingSweden]

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

At least in Washington, we have probably the most robust Socialist organizations in the country, likely as a direct result of the decline in the GOP, consolidation by the Democrats, and the top-two primary system, so that's always something to look forward to.

If stuff like the “head tax” and Sawant’s general oeuvre are what we have to look forward to then that’s not necessarily a good thing

[DrScholl]

Decline to State is not a party, but it still is bad for the GOP to be trailing it.

[krazen1211]

California no longer has partisan primaries. When President Donald Trump is back on the ballot legions of voters will register into the GOP to register their support for President Trump.

[ON Progressive]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[Politician]

This is what they deserve for constantly whining about taxes and sanctuary cities.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

A state with the most right-wing GOP and the most left-wing Democrats was bound to have this happen eventually.

(I don't know how Cali's GOP is somehow more right wing than Alabama or Utah, though)

[fluffypanther19]

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

At least in Washington, we have probably the most robust Socialist organizations in the country, likely as a direct result of the decline in the GOP, consolidation by the Democrats, and the top-two primary system, so that's always something to look forward to.

If stuff like the “head tax” and Sawant’s general oeuvre are what we have to look forward to then that’s not necessarily a good thing

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[Virginiá]

California no longer has partisan primaries. When President Donald Trump is back on the ballot legions of voters will register into the GOP to register their support for President Trump.

Weak.

I mean, it's not like the CAGOP hasn't been undergoing a slow decline for decades or anything like that...

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, the topic title is quite misleading. By the criteria of the thread title, there are many states where either the Democrats or the Republicans are a "third party". Looking at this (unfortunately outdated) article, the Democrats were as recently as 2014 a "third party" in New Hampshire, despite having had won three straight Presidential elections in the state by that point.

As a Democrat and a Californian, I am happy that my home state is repudiating everything the current GOP stands for, but I am concerned about unaccountable one-party rule in my state. At this point, California could actually turn into the dystopia that conservatives think that it is and Democrats would still win because the GOP brand is so toxic in this state. I almost wish the CA GOP would dissolve and reinvent itself as the "Conservative Party" with positions similar to that of European center-right parties so we can actually have some accountability in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has been a good check on the legislature, but, unfortunately, he's leaving office in January.

At least in Washington, we have probably the most robust Socialist organizations in the country, likely as a direct result of the decline in the GOP, consolidation by the Democrats, and the top-two primary system, so that's always something to look forward to.

If stuff like the “head tax” and Sawant’s general oeuvre are what we have to look forward to then that’s not necessarily a good thing

     Considering that it would almost certainly lead to more proposals like the untenably expensive single-payer healthcare plan, it would indeed not be good. Under those circumstances I may start voting for centrist Dems in close primaries, since a socialist vs. Republican general would be a terrible outcome.

[Alabama_Indy10]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ol Frodo looks like he’s ‘done gone did it again

[Nyvin]

California no longer has partisan primaries. When President Donald Trump is back on the ballot legions of voters will register into the GOP to register their support for President Trump.

Trump got the lowest percentage of the vote in CA for any Presidential candidate in post-FDR history.

[KingSweden]

California no longer has partisan primaries. When President Donald Trump is back on the ballot legions of voters will register into the GOP to register their support for President Trump.

Trump got the lowest percentage of the vote in CA for any Presidential candidate in post-FDR history.

Krazen’s posts are not meant to be taken seriously or literally

[GeorgiaModerate]

California no longer has partisan primaries. When President Donald Trump is back on the ballot legions of voters will register into the GOP to register their support for President Trump.

Trump got the lowest percentage of the vote in CA for any Presidential candidate in post-FDR history.

Indeed, at 31.62% he did worse than any major party candidate since 1924, just a bit worse than Alf Landon's 31.70% in 1936.  In 1924, John Davis only got 8%%, but that was a three-way race; Robert LaFollette got over 33% in the state. 

[Mr. Smith]

Well deserved spot.

About time a Western Wall built by choice formed.

[MarkD]

Obviously the CA GOP is in a bad way, but I'd quibble with the description of "third-party status".  To me that would imply there are two other actual parties ahead of them, which is not the case.

Agreed-independents aren't a party. Misleading title IMO.