<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654633192023,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654633192023,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_54545734", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1027065"} }); ","_id":"00000181-3fd2-dfdd-a99b-bff688bb0000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedAs California voters head to the polls today for the state’s primary elections, gas prices dominate the conversation in the Golden State. Maybe now would be the time for Californians to recognize that the Democratic Party’s monopoly on power should come to an end.
California has the highest gas prices in the country, thanks to the state’s gas tax and environmental policies. One gas station in Mendocino is charging nearly $10 a gallon, while another in Los Angeles is charging over $8. The average price in California is $6.37. Rep. Lou Correa, a Democrat in a safe seat, told the New York Times that constituents are constantly asking him about the price of gas. “I don’t hear anything about the other national issues we’re focusing on in Washington,” Correa said.
You would think that voters who elected politicians who promised to eliminate gasoline-powered cars would know that those politicians don’t really care that gas is unaffordable. But Tuesday’s voting will likely just be the first step toward California voters sending a Democratic majority or supermajority back to the state legislature in Sacramento. Democrats have had a majority in the state Assembly since 1996 and a majority in the state Senate since 1974. California’s problems have gotten worse over the last several years, with Democrats holding a supermajority in both chambers.
Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks he can solve the angst about gas prices by just throwing more money at the problem, which is the same strategy the state used during the excessive pandemic lockdowns it forced on residents. Newsom and Democrats in Sacramento have ignored the taxes, regulations, and restrictions that have driven up the cost of living because voters have empowered them to do so. Some residents have been willing to leave the state, but few who continue to elect Democrats up and down the ballot have been willing to reexamine their support.
While the state deals with crime in its biggest cities, the highest poverty rate and homelessness rate in the country, and water and energy issues being brought on by the Democratic Party’s subservience to environmentalists, California voters will likely vote for more of the same. If voters want to hand the keys to a driver who continually wrecks the car, that is certainly their prerogative. They also shouldn’t be surprised when the state becomes more expensive and more unlivable.
