California 2014: Will Political Winds of Change Move Past the Sierras?

Bill Whalen, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses the upcoming election in California in his talk entitled “California 2014: Will Political Winds of Change Move Past the Sierras?” Throughout the talk, Whalen compared the upcoming elections in California to elections in California from the past two decades. Topics include the transformation of California into a blue state, the lack of turnover of California Democratic leaders, and electoral opportunities for Republicans.