Who is NOT voting?

[BigD6765]

Looking at Newsom in particular....he got 3.1M votes for and 2.3M against. That said, records show over 5M registered Republicans in CA (now the Dems have 10M which is no shock).

But, why the heck aren't the R's voting? If most of the registered R's would vote, he would be out.

This is just one race...but there would be others. I just don't get all the complacency? I would assume those that respond here likely have voted...but do you all know some that aren't? And, why not? I always here "it doesn't make a difference" or "the Dems have the majority" but it clearly would have made a difference in at least this race.

Thoughts? Doesn't help now but maybe next go-around.

[Xplosiv3]

Maybe they did vote and it takes up to a week to throw all those republican votes in the trash at highly private hush-hush election processing centers so the democrat wins.

Maybe people are scared of getting jury duty, maybe people are too lazy to vote, maybe republicans don't have faith in the CA election system and don't want to waste their time voting, maybe people are afraid their info will get leaked for voting republican and others will harass them for it, maybe republicans feel that they don't need to vote because everyone must be tired of Newsom and want him gone so they are absent assuming everyone else will vote him out, maybe nobody even knew anyone was running against Newsom due to the lack of campaigning/advertisement/commercials/publicity for Brian Dahle.

I truly think a lot of republicans just gave up hope in this state, didn't want to waste the gas driving to an election center, and didn't even know about Brian Dahle until it was too late.

[mk2dave]

I don't recall seeing one commercial for Dahle. Many may not have known there was another option. Not only have many of the voters given up in this State as Xplosiv3 said, but it seems like the Party has, too.

[chris]

I truly think a lot of republicans just gave up hope in this state.

I gave up on any Republican winning any statewide held office. Our vote means nothing other than protest that's it. We are outnumbered at least 2 to 1 if not more now.

I vote as my form of protest and flipping the bird to Democrats.

It's apparent that Democrats can do anything they want to the people include making it extremely difficult to make a living here and survive. Yet time after time they pull that lever for the Democrat. Until the pain is too much it will continue to be the same every time.

[ProfChaos]

Looking at Newsom in particular....he got 3.1M votes for and 2.3M against. That said, records show over 5M registered Republicans in CA (now the Dems have 10M which is no shock).

But, why the heck aren't the R's voting? If most of the registered R's would vote, he would be out.

This is just one race...but there would be others. I just don't get all the complacency? I would assume those that respond here likely have voted...but do you all know some that aren't? And, why not? I always here "it doesn't make a difference" or "the Dems have the majority" but it clearly would have made a difference in at least this race.

Thoughts? Doesn't help now but maybe next go-around.

Lets see what a clean voter roll entails. I bet 500k have either died or moved out of state by now.

Also Lanhee Chan for Controller was endorsed by LA and SF and still lost.

I think at this point, all candidates should not have their party affiliation and see what happens.

[Cowboy T]

Eligible voters who don't vote...they are STUPID and have no place complaining when things don't go their way. If you don't vote, you're not exercising your duty. Anything else is bullcrap as far as I'm concerned. There is ZERO excuse for not voting. Get off your lazy butt and get to the ballot box.

[BlueOvalBandit]

Lets see what a clean voter roll entails. I bet 500k have either died or moved out of state by now.

You know it's funny, in 2018 I requested a military overseas ballot 4 months prior to the election.... And never got it. It went to my HOR and didn't make it to me in time. Come 2020 my voter registration was purged and had to vote provisional.

But nothing to see here, move along...

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[DaveInOroValley]

What surprises me is that people in California can see what the policies and management disaster there has been for years, complain about it then vote for the same numbskulls that are responsible for ruining a once great state.

[101st Airborne]

Voter fraud is rampant.

https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud

[OCEquestrian]

I don't recall seeing one commercial for Dahle. Many may not have known there was another option. Not only have many of the voters given up in this State as Xplosiv3 said, but it seems like the Party has, too.

I am so tired of all those making excuses for people who fail. How can you not know there was another option? Everyone own got a sample ballot in the mail. Everyone got a vote by mail ballot in the mail. All anyone had to do was look!

Stop freaking making excuses for losers and start holding their feet to the fire if you want to change things. Being polite has not worked, do you want to keep on doing it?

[MrTokarev]

Eligible voters who don't vote...they are STUPID and have no place complaining when things don't go their way. If you don't vote, you're not exercising your duty. Anything else is bullcrap as far as I'm concerned. There is ZERO excuse for not voting. Get off your lazy butt and get to the ballot box.

[M1A Rifleman]

What surprises me is that people in California can see what the policies and management disaster there has been for years, complain about it then vote for the same numbskulls that are responsible for ruining a once great state.

[Mayor McRifle]

[hermosabeach]

For decades, if all republicans voted, they would have won.

[DentonandSasquatchShow]

I would guess voter roles have not been purged in decades.

2018 election I went to vote and my brother and I lived in the same area. As the guy was looking for my name in his registered voters book I helped him find it. As I found my name I noticed my brothers name under mine, twice. Once as a Libertarian (which he is) and the other as a Republican. I asked my brother if he ever registered as a Republican and he said no. Our last name is very unusual so I'm pretty sure it wasn't someone else.