there's no point "fleeing". if every conservative flees, californicate will be irredeemable. some must stay and fight on. we are the "some". ultimately, the liberal and leftwing youths will graduate from schools and colleges and find jobs. when they start working for corporations, get paid monthly with "set-asides" for federal taxes, state taxes and social security, have to pay rents that eat into 69% of their income, repay their education loans, and are responsible for utility bills, auto loans, yoga class payments, credit card bills, etc., they will moderate to the center. when they start a family and are faced with increasing expenses and responsibilities including higher taxes as a result of joint filing, they start moving center to right. when they buy a home and are faced with mortgages, parcel tax, local taxes (property taxes), embedded taxes in the form of "measures" and "bonds" to improve schools, parks, neighborhoods, roads, etc., they will begin to move to the right. when they have paid off their mortgages, sent their kids to college, saved some money for retirement, become fully responsible for the safety, security, soundness of their families and extended families, they will become conservatives. political affiliations evolve with time, wealth, and age. the long term problem with californicate is not with californians left or right within the state. it's illegal immigration. their children born in californicate will perpetuate their parents' desires for state sanctuary status, welfare, handouts, dumbing down, race to the bottom. "if i cheat the law by jumping the line because i'm destitute and desperate, everyone should cheat, break the law, and be destitute and desperate like me." their reproduction rate is higher, and it's a matter of time when they become the majority and sexploit the democratic system.