So, at this point in time, California is on the verge of a historic moment of Democrat dominance.
As we all know, California primaries operate on a top 2 system; everyone regardless of political party runs in the same primary, and the top 2 finishers advance to the general election regardless of party.
While nothing is guaranteed at this point, it seems more likely than not that both the Governor and Senate Race will be 2 Democrats.
For the Senate Race, Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Kevin de Leon seem positioned to secure an all Democrat Senate election race in November.
For the Governor Race, Democrats Gavin Newson and Antonio Villaraigosa seem positioned to secure an all Democrat Governor election race in November.
If this is the case, we can expect that there will be a sharp downturn in Republican and Conservative turnout, which would give Democrats an enormous advantage in other races down-ballot.
For starters, there are a total of 7 California House Republicans representing districts that Clinton won against Trump, who would almost certainly go down if Republican turnout dropped (CA-10, CA-21, CA-25, CA-39, CA-45, CA-48, and CA-49). Picking up all of these seats would put Democrats a huge step towards the 24 pickups that they need to take the House in 2018.
Another opportunity that would arise from such a situation comes in with the ballot propositions; even though Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans in the states, progressive ballot propositions often narrowly fail, as just enough Democrats defect to defeat such measures.
With a drop in Republican turnout, we would have a much better chance at passing such initiatives.
One example of a ballot proposition that would be much easier to pass in this case would be a repeal of the infamous 2010 Proposition 26 which mandates that all Tax Increases obtain 2/3rds approval from the Legislature to pass.
This measure received 52.5% of the vote, definitely close enough for turnout changes along to have produced a different result.
Another example of a ballot proposition that would be much easier to pass in this case would be abolition of Capital Punishment.
Previous attempts to pass such a measure narrowly failed in both 2012 (34) and 2016 (62), with 48.05% and 46.85% of the vote respectively.
Again, turnout changes alone could have given us a different result on this measure.
I seriously hope California progressive take advantage of this golden opportunity to implement Progressive policy changes.