Not only did the billionaire tax fail in California, but prop 42, to amend the California constitution to forbid the introduction of taxes on personal property (investment accounts, art) for the wealthy in the future, backed by greaseball Gavin Newsom, seems to have passed.
This is a pretty notable exception to the blue wave. Newsom seems to be setting himself up as a centrist/independent/republican-lite runner for the presidency-- hoping to siphon off republican voters to his campaign for all the Democrats he loses in the process. This very seldom works. Its always a hail mary and pisses off the Democratic party base.
After this I wouldn’t vote for him if he tries to run. There are much better options
Dems have a habit of screwing over progressive candidates and it’s likely that Newsom is going to be the establishment nominee. Plus Dems have a free walk to up the presidency due to Trump’s corruption and betrayals. I could see a President Newsom and Trump sees that too, which is why he takes so many digs at him.
A protector of billionaires doesn’t work for me any more than the protector of pedophiles. We need an AOC
I’m not advocating for either as much as I’m diagnosing the present party structure and the process by which the democrats choose presidential candidates.
The democrats control who wins the primary through delegates and can coordinate who drops out to prop up their chosen candidate. That’s how we got Biden. Unless structure of the primary changes, there’s no way to create a fair process that a progressive candidate can win.
It hasn’t worked yet.
The only candidates that can siphon Republican votes are other Republicans.
Arguably it did. But nearly before many here were born or politically aware. Bill Clinton did it. Then Democrats spent the next 30 years trying to normalize it.
Bill Clinton won because Ross Perot split the Republican ballot. He only received 43% of the popular vote.