California resoundingly struck down every state-wide ballot measure, striking a severe blow to his already sagging popularity.

One of the most conentious (and non-Schwarzenegger authored) props was the restriction on abortion measure. Prop 73 would have required that all parents of underage women seeking abortions receive a 48-hour notification, before the abortion could proceed. The left coast lived up to its name by striking down this conservative measure. Interestingly, one of my roommates quipped that the likelihood of a county voting liberal/progressive (represented in red below) might be correlated to its connection to salt water:

Another one of my favorite observations was how San Francisco stands on its own. Take for example Prop 80 that would have required the state government to regulate the derregulated and fraud-prone energy industry (recall the rolling brown/blackouts of 2000). Notice the small speck of blue below? You may need to click on the image to enlarge it. Yup, that’s San Francisco County, the lone supporter of the proposition:

You go San Francisco, stand up for what you believe in!

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