Where are all the liberals?

They call us the “left coast” and we are “liberals”, communists, and just plain fools. It’s just not true. What we are is thinking people.

According to the California Secretary of State more than 18% of the registered voters are identified as “Decline to State” on their voter registration forms. “Decline to State” is the official designation for those registering to vote without stating a party preference. It was those “Decline to State” independents and thinking Democrats that recalled Gray Davis and put Arnold Schwarzenegger into office.

The other west coast states have even larger numbers of unaffiliated voters. In Oregon more than 29% and in Washington State more than half of the registered voters have no party affiliation.

My source for this data is the secretary of state web sites.

Are we ready for a robust third political party?