In stunning vote, California's reddest county chooses Bay Area Democrat under California's new congressional map

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/modoc-county-bay-area-democrat-22296007.php

In stunning vote, California's reddest county chooses Bay Area Democrat
Travel editor Silas Valentino tours Modoc County as it votes in California's new congressional map for the first time


ADIN, Modoc County — On the afternoon before the primary election last week, Frank Castaneda, a shopkeeper in the remote agricultural town of Adin, was upset. Due to a newly redrawn congressional district map, the election was the first time voters in Modoc County were mushed in with their ideological opposite: voters in Marin County.


“We lost our voice,” Castaneda told me by a window in his general store. “We’re a small community that’s now beholden to the people in the Bay Area.”

Castaneda and his wife, Mariana, took over the Adin Supply Company in April, leaving behind Southern California to embrace conservative values in the farthest northeast corner of the state. That morning, Castaneda said he poured coffee for ranchers who were up all night guarding cattle from the looming threat of wolves. The endangered species is just one wedge between environmentalists in the Bay Area and ranchers in Modoc County. It’s an urgent example to illustrate the stark division in politics between folks in rural and urban California.

[rampartd]

1. 'we lost our voice?"

that repub was not a voice, merely an echo of trump.

[Blumancru]

7. Say the same people who had no problem when others lost THEIR voice

Time to reflect on who started this ridiculous redistricting battle anyway. It was the 🍊 🍕 💩.
MAGA will lose the redistricting fight, because it would be hard to Gerrymander the red states much more than they already are. The blue states are a different story.

[rampartd]

8. as they realize how stupid the gerrymanderng is

they will forget that trump started it

[SleeplessinSoCal]

2. Here in Orange County SoCal the trend is reddish.

I've been checking with Ballotpedia for the updates and am sorry to say many Dems are falling short. That doesnt bode well for November and Becera.

We moved here in 98. Rohrabacher was our rep for 20 years. Since his defeat in 2018 we're on our 5th rep. Only one Republican and four Dems.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. Los Angeles and SF will push Becera to victory

[BurnDoubt]

4. This is my theory...

Septic Tank People vote Republican.
Sewer People vote Democratic.
This was my conclusion when wakening to a horrifying surprise the morning after Hilary was not-elected and seeing the US map and the vote counts by region.

[not fooled]

5. That title is misleading

Doesn't sound as though those Modoc County voters would have "chosen" the Bay Area Democrat.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. and even more

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZai5cWucXx/

[jeffreyi]

9. Well, they didn't talk to me.

They'd have gotten an earful.

[drmeow]

10. Cry me a river

"the ruling has weakened rural voter power by favoring more populated urban areas. "

Translation - voters whose views are in the minority don't get to unfairly sway the laws.