be non-voters because they were illegal were turned into voters as a result of the Reagan Amnesty. That was enough to tip a fairly evenly divided electorate in the Democrat's favor. California is becoming more Democrat because the voters who used to vote majority Republican are fleeing the place in droves as the schools fail, taxes go up and bankruptcy looms. California's population is going up but the last decade was the first ever where there was a net out-migration of native born Americans. California population growth was more than 100% driven by immigration (both legal and illegal). And it shows. The state's finances are a mess and Los Angelos schools are probably beyond salvation. It is almost a third world country. Sadly the poorer the people get, the more likely they are to vote Democrat. Poor people vote for Democrats although it never seems to do them much good. Occassionally, like they did in 1994 and in 2004, the remaining Californians will muster enough votes to elect a Republican if he promises to be tough on illegals. I expect that pattern to be repeated in Colorado and Florida if an amnesty passes. It will take a few years because of the "path to citizenship". Both are fairly close to evenly divided and the new Hispanic voters will tip the balance to the Democrats. Republicans will be fools to let it happen. I can think of a single blue state that it would cause to turn red. Can any one