Thanks to the history of the California Republican Party, only Republicans can participate in the primary process in the nation’s largest state, and California has a winner-take-all-by-district system that may allow Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to mount a comeback against frontrunner Donald Trump.
The presidential nominating contests in both parties will come down to the California primary. The result: a district-by-district battle in both parties.
The California primary on June 7 will likely prove decisive for both parties. With that in mind, here are five essential — and bizarre — facts about it.
California’s heavily Democratic electorate and waning Republican presence might appear to limit the chances of a Republican garnering much delegate support in the state’s upcoming June primary elections. However, a hidden facet of the Golden State’s delegate system for the Republicans reveals that less could actually be more.
A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) indicates that Donald J. Trump leads among Republican likely voters in the California primary with 38% of the vote, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has half of that support, with 19%.
Democrats: Bernie Sanders is likely to win here, provided he can turn out the rural vote. Clinton has few strongholds.
Republicans: McClintock’s endorsement actually matters here, and Cruz should prevail fairly easily over Trump.
Democrats: This mixed suburban/rural district favors Hillary Clinton, though Sanders will have some support. Republicans: Expect a close contest between Trump, Cruz, and Kasich, perhaps decided in the end by a few votes.
Democrats: This is prime Bernie Sanders territory — as close to Vermont as you can get outside Vermont.
Republicans: The district’s anti-establishment posture favors Donald Trump, but John Kasich will also find support.
Democrats: The anti-establishment, “aging hippie” climate of the district favors Bernie Sanders. Republicans: A tough contest ahead between conservatives backing Cruz and iconoclasts favoring Trump.
After the strong showing by Ted Cruz Super Saturday, it is increasingly clear that the Republican race might only be decided in June, in the California primary.
California voters will not go to the polls for more than half a year. Yet ads featuring former Florida governor Jeb Bush have been popping up on California television in recent days.
As Breitbart California reported this morning, a new survey of 600 likely California 2016 Republican primary voters shows that when presented with a lengthy list of potential GOP presidential contenders, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker comes out on top with a healthy
