Sir Mohamed
MohamedChalid
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« on: March 19, 2023, 11:18:20 AM » |
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Not from a 2010 perspective, as others already said. Even by not factoring in national environment that much, the state back then was different from today and less of a blue state. Unlike today, CA GOP actually made serious efforts to contest statewide races and Whitman ran a serious campaign. Also remember that the Top-2 jungle primary was just adopted in 2012 and CA tended to have a relatively high share of 3rd party votes. Newsom's race was slightly closer, but even more 3rd party votes, "just" winning 50-39% over appointed Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado.
Harris definitely underperformed. She just got 46% of the vote and almost lost.
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