Americans tend to love to hate politicians. “Politicians! They’re all alike! Interested in power and lobbyist money and prestige!” This usually then diverges into chants of “Drain the swamp!” or “Up the people!” or something like that.
Political parties get similar lambasting. Which usually ends in cynical / angry / bitter mutterings about how “They’re all the same.”
I’m not going to defend politicians or political parties, except to note that, from a policy standpoint, they’re not “all the same.” As FiveThirtyEight points out, looking at states which are dominated (both legislative chambers and the governorship) by the GOP or by the Democrats, the legislation and policies being pursued are quite different.
And that doesn’t even count legislation around abortion.
One can argue whether these are profound enough differences to ignore the ways that political parties are similar (“Send us your money!”), and one can point to plenty of places where the political parties fail to live up to their philosophical standards. And, as the article notes, even these issues are not wholly partisan.
But, comparing these two, I know which states I want to live in (and, in fact, I do live in one of them). The two major parties might not differ enough in all the ways I want them to, but they differ more than people making glib condemnations would have you think.
Do you want to know more? What Republicans And Democrats Are Doing In The States Where They Have Total Power | FiveThirtyEight
California is democratically controlled due to the fact that the Unions, especially the State employee union, has a strong hold, as well as the other unions. But, it’s only due to one simple fact, SF Bay Area and LA. Both the largest populations with the most left of lefties you’ll ever find. Yet, go to their cities, pick one, LA or SF and you’ll see how liberal agendas and ideals can ruin a great thing.
If you want abortion to be legal in every state, which it shouldn’t be, it should be up to the States, get Congress to pass a law. That won’t happen because they want to get re-elected. No, like Roe v. Wade and other tough issues, they kick it to the Supreme Court.
Most people that live in California aren’t liberals. No, we’re just trying to survive with all the rules and regulations they put on us because they care more than we do and are so much smarter than us commoners.
No, the pollution of leftism is creeping in to all crevices of our county. Don’t worry, in enough time, everyone will be equal, no one can have a different point of view that the all mighty left and we will all be miserable, just like you feel.