GOP Looks to Inland Empire - California

[Kadie]

May 10, 2004

GOP Looks to Inland Empire

Riverside and San Bernardino counties could surpass Orange County in Republican voters in 10 to 12 years.


By Hugo Martín, Times Staff Writer

After President Bush took the stage during an October fundraiser in Riverside, the crowd cheered his announcement that the former citrus town had raised more than $1 million to keep him in the White House.

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GOP leaders have spent thousands of dollars in voter registration drives, using paid workers to staff registration booths at fairs, carnivals and popular stores such as Home Depot — efforts that were energized during the gubernatorial recall election in October.

In contrast, the Democratic Party in Riverside County relies on party volunteers to register voters. The results have been apparent: The Republicans have registered three times as many new voters as the Democrats in the past four years.

The Democratic Party's efforts in San Bernardino County haven't fared much better. The county's Democratic Central Committee was so disorganized that its headquarters in the city of San Bernardino were closed and the phones turned off. Plus, one of the county's most powerful Democrats, county Supervisor Gerald "Jerry" Eaves, pleaded guilty to political corruption in January.


more... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gop10may10,1,509212.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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[arcane1]

1. you nazis stay out of my state!!!!

we have enough to worry about over here!!!

:grr:

[theoceansnerves]

2. redlands is fundie central

and they're all just spreading out from there. and the over-development out there is really sad-- the area is going downhill fast.

[davidinalameda]

3. another reason to give SoCal back to Mexico

let them deal with the repukes in the desert

[mitchtv]

4. Palm Springs is now the battleground 80th AD

right now we have a well financed crook, er puke, Bonnie Garcia. the 80th extends to Imperial co, (D) and east to Blythe. There are slightly more D's I believe. She got in last time by a large infusion of last minute cash from realtors( too late to report, I might add)The D's ran a bad campaign also. This year we have Marianne Andreas running to replace Garcia. Andreas is a mamber of the casino -owning Morongo tribe and appears to be able to keep up. The Stonewall Dems, fresh from their victory in the PSP local elections have begun to set up a phone bank to combat the pukes. If elected Andreas will be the first Amerindian woman to serve in the assembly. Wish us luck

[nator311]

5. don't believe it one bit

Riverside and San Bernadino counties are getting an influx of minoritites and lower middle class families who are drained out of the coastal housing market. I doubt that these people are overwhelmingly going to vote repuke.