NYT: Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country (sign of the times...)

[kpete]

Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country

This iconic county of 3.1 million people passed something of a milestone in June. The percentage of registered Republican voters dropped to 43 percent, the lowest level in 70 years.

It was the latest sign of the demographic, ethnic and political changes that are transforming the county and challenging long-held views of a region whose colorful — its detractors might suggest zany — reputation extends well beyond the borders of this state.

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Most elected officials in Orange County are Republicans.

But the political texture of this county, which is larger in population than Nevada or Iowa, is changing, and many officials say it is only a matter of time before many Republican officeholders get swept out with the tide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/us/politics/30orange.html
via:
http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2010/08/orange-county-moving-left.html

[rufus dog]

1. As soon as the Dems make inroads R's will have initiatives to split the County

North County includes Santa Ana, Westminster, Garden Grove, Anaheim. That will keep them happy for a quarter century.

[old mark]

2. We NEED more Dems to VOTE in November...there is no reason the

minority GOP insanity should rule our country. It is about time we took OUR COUNTRY back from the RWers.

mark

[LiberalFighter]

3. Orange County needs to make more of a concerted effort to recruit candidates.