. "would not it still be Democratic since the majority of whites over there are Democratic?Anon, are you really this naive?Prior to the early 90s, CA was a solidly red state, voted for Reagan and Pete Wilson for gov.Prop 187 Save our State, to stop giving illegal aliens welfare, passed in 1994 by a wide majority.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_187With the striking down of Prop 1" . . .