I live in CA, even though I'll probably move to Texas next year.

I know what you mean, but I do believe that there are millions of people in CA who don't even vote because we were convinced that it's a pointless effort. We were made to believe that, if you don't agree with the left, you're screwed and, In most CA districts, your preferred non-DemocRAT candidates just can't win (let alone candidates for statewide offices), so don't even bother trying
On top of that, we know how intolerant the left is; a lot of people just keep quiet or even pretend to agree with the leftist narrative to protect their jobs and their social life.

It's hard to believe, however, that over half of the voting population wants higher taxes, wants an indiscriminate number of illegal aliens and Muslim refugees, wants criminals protected and being released back on the streets, wants men in the women's bathrooms and locker rooms, believes in reparations, wants socialism, free healthcare and college for illegals (when we don't have it), and that they support all of the insane leftist agenda.

Trump's 2016 win showed that voting might be worth it no matter what (even though the DemocRATS fixed that in 2020), and Trump made many Dems wake up.
Still, I can say again that a "pink" CA may be possible, but DARK red very hard to believe is possible, unless we have been fooled for decades and the state was never as blue as we thought it was.

I live in CA, even though I'll probably move to Texas next year.

I know what you mean, but I do believe that there are millions of people in CA who don't even vote because we were convinced that it's a pointless effort. We were made to believe that, if you don't agree with the left, you're screwed and, In most CA districts, your preferred non-DemocRAT candidates just can't win (let alone candidates for statewide offices), so don't even bother trying
On top of that, we know how intolerant the left is; a lot of people just keeps quiet or even pretend to agrees with the leftist narrative to protect their jobs and their social life.

It's hard to believe, however, that over half of the voting population want higher taxes, want an indiscriminate number of illegal aliens and Muslim refugees, want criminals protected and being released back on the streets, want men in the women's bathrooms and locker rooms, believe in reparations, want socialism, free healthcare and college for illegals (when we don't have it), and that they support all of the insane leftist agenda.

Trump's 2016 win showed that voting might be worth it no matter what (even though the DemocRATS fixed that in 2020), and Trump made many Dems wake up.
Still, I can say again that a "pink" CA may be possible, but DARK red very hard to believe is possible, unless we have been fooled for decades and the state was never as blue as we thought it was.