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Can California Restore Two-Party Competition?

Can California Restore Two-Party Competition?
Supporters of President Donald Trump hold a rally on Veteran's Day in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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California desperately needs a two-party system. A one-party system, like North Korea’s under Kim Jong Un, or China’s under Xi Jinping, just isn’t our way. It’s not us. Currently, Republicans hold fewer than one-third of the seats in the California Assembly and Senate, and are lucky if they can scratch up more than 40 percent of the vote in statewide races.

John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]
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