For anyone needing some LOLs, check out Benchmark/ShareBlue's California county map

[LonePirate]

http://benchmark.shareblue.com/california/

Benchmark updated their California map today and it's all good news for those of us on Team Blue! They project Hillary at +26.9% statewide and I think that estimate may be low.

The big news from them today is that Orange County, home to 3 million people and the center of the Republican Party in California, has flipped blue for the first time. For comparison, Romney won Orange County in 2012 with 51.9% to Obama's 45.6%.

Now here's where the fun begins. Hillary leads in Los Angeles County (10 million people) by 46%. She could possibly win the county by 50 points (something like 73-23-4 other). Even with that outcome, LA County probably won't be Hillary's largest margin in the state. For that honor, she will need to head to the San Francisco Bay area. Here are the current projections for her in some of those counties:

Alameda (Oakland): +64%
Contra Costa: +41%
Marin: +58%
Santa Clara (San Jose): +46%
San Francisco: +74%
San Mateo: +52%
Sonoma: +52%

The race may be tight in some states but California is going to be an epic blowout for Hillary on November 8. There might even be several Republican held House seats like Issa's which flip if those margins are maintained or increased.

We just need that California attitude to spread east!

[allan01]

1. the map shows my county . a solidly red one repugs came in early here , 1906.

during 2000 election i saw a map that showed even this was a red county , there were huge swaths of blue in the demographics.

[zenabby]

2. The only other thing that would make me happy..

Other than a Hillary win and senate win is flipping Darrel Issa forever.

[bbmykel]

3. And (hopefully) we will be sending Kamala Harris

to the Senate!!!

I also hope we legalize pot. I hate when California gets left behind the curve on these things!

[Mz Pip]

4. Drove up through the Central Valley today

Saw a few very large Trump signs on the side of the road but no Trump bumper stickers.

[Control-Z]

6. My county, Orange County, is light blue!!!

It's never been blue in all the years I've lived here. I can thank my children and their friends. Enough millennials have come of age to have their votes make a real difference.

It's been a long time coming, says the daughter whose father moved here for the super secret meetings of the John Birch Society.