https://apnews.com/fdae5034e371a6dd012a60d17f5bb635
the upshot of this article is that due to demographic changes on the west coast, republicans there are essentially castrated politically like the Louisiana republicans were from 1878 to 2009.
just to get an idea what the west coast republicans maybe facing.
now california maybe a wild card. this article may or may not apply due to the idiocy of passing the anti-contractor law.