In classrooms, libraries and city councils, California conservatives are contesting progressive politics and policies.
Email addressFacing strong opposition at the California Legislature, parents' rights groups and conservative activists are going to local boards instead. Some attend a press conference with Republican lawmakers at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMattersIn classrooms, libraries and city councils, conservatives are pushing back against California’s progressive politics and policies. Catch up on stories that explain what’s happening.
Though there are still millions of conservative voters, Democrats are so dominant they can dismiss the cultural grievances that have come to animate the political discourse in red states — election fraud, illegal immigration, corporate support for gay rights, transgender athletes — without so much as a debate.
This pitched battle tracks with a growing repolarization among California voters. After decades of steady gains in independent registration, the trend hasover the past five years as more voters embrace the Democratic and Republican parties again. Surveys find an increasing number have a favorable view of their own party and an unfavorable view of the opposition, heightening the stakes of these culture clashes.
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