DEMOCRACY:
Government & Politics | November 5, 1998
THE
MODERATE
MAJORITY
IN
CALIFORNIA
An
Unpublished Letter to Los Angeles Times
I found
your statistical "Portrait of the Electorate" to be very
illuminating.
Apparently, Democrats convincingly won so many
contests throughout the state because overall, the California
Democratic Party is more moderate than the California Republican
Party: Amongst Democrats, there are about half-again as many
moderates as liberals (25% to 16% of the electorate); whereas
amongst Republicans, there are half-again as many conservatives
as moderates (21% to 14% of the electorate).
Although a fairly liberal Democrat, I
volunteered a great deal of my time and effort this year to help
moderate candidates; and I urge my conservative Republican
counterparts to likewise cooperate with moderate elected
officials, for the common good.
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