IN AN election that left Republicans in charge of the presidency, Congress, and many state governments, California shines like a ray of hope for Democrats. On the morning of November 9th, the state was even bluer than it was the day before. With 70% of the vote counted, Hillary Clinton was leading president-elect Donald Trump by 61.5% to 33%; in 2012, Barack Obama had 60% against Mitt Romney’s 37%. Long-time Republican strongholds, like mostly exurban Orange Country, voted for Mrs Clinton. Several districts are yet to be counted, but Democrats in the state assembly were on the verge of a two-thirds supermajority. Some inland and rural counties voted Republican, but California's ample population of coastal liberals and its many Hispanics—the state's largest single ethnic bloc—were firmly against Mr Trump. The heads of the two state legislatures put out a statement vowing to “lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or our constitution.” They had woken up, the statement said, feeling like “strangers in a foreign land.”
Mrs Clinton's victory in the popular vote suggests that California may be a better distillation of America than the...Continue reading
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