No way in Hades is California 60-35 Democrat.
I see it more as 55-45 Democrat. This is the California voting map from 2020 vs 2024.
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Husker 88, the map means nothing, The Blue area of the state has the much larger, dominant population compared to the Red area. The Blue has San Fransico, LA, San Diego and all along the coast. You can't go by the amount of area on the three West Coast states. Oregon the vast majority of the state is Red, but Portland and the Willamette Valley (the most populous area) are solid Blue. Eastern Oregon talks of seceding to Idaho. Washington is almost all Red except for King, Pierce, Kitsap and Snohomish counties (Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton, and Everett) that has all the population, King County alone has more people than Nebraska. The Red area of Oregon and Washington are made up of high desert, mountains, wheat, cattle and ag lands. Isn't that true for Nebraska as well. I am no expert, but I bet Omaha and Lincoln are far Bluer than the rest of the state. Sometime in the future the Nebraska Legislature will probably be controlled by the Democrats as the Lincoln and Omaha grow and the rest of the state loses its population. I drive throughout Southeast and South-Central Nebraska every May. I do not see much growth, but I see it from Lincoln to Omaha.