Democrat voters keep making the same mistakes
The article is a political opinion piece criticizing long-term Democratic governance in California, arguing that it has led to economic and social decline. The author uses a boxing metaphor to describe Californians' endurance despite ongoing policy challenges. He highlights issues like high housing costs, unemployment, homelessness, and high taxes as consequences of Democratic leadership.
- ▪California has the nation’s second-highest unemployment and slowest job growth.
- ▪The average price of a home in California is twice the national average.
- ▪California leads the nation in homelessness and has the highest gas and electricity prices in the lower 48 states.
- ▪Illegal aliens in California qualify for in-state tuition at state colleges, unlike out-of-state U.S. residents.
- ▪California elected its last Republican to a statewide office over 20 years ago.
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Opinion Democrat voters keep making the same mistakes By Larry Elder Published May 16, 2026, 10:39 p.m. ET California Democrat voters, for over twenty years, have inflicted unimaginable damage on the once great Golden State. Consider the gravity of the problem. Years ago, then-boxing heavyweight champion Larry Holmes fought a tough but hapless journeyman fighter named Randall “Tex” Cobb. Holmes pummeled him the entire fight. But Cobb never went down. 4 California Democrat voters, for over twenty years, have inflicted unimaginable damage on the once great Golden State. Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post Once Holmes hit Cobb’s face so hard the challenger’s head practically spun 180 degrees like a scene from “The Exorcist.” But Cobb refused to fall. Holmes hit him with everything but a tire iron.
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