“Orange County is so often a bellwether for national politics. Is there going to be a path back for these right-of-center, moderate, wealthy, suburban voters given how much the current Republican agenda has done to alienate them?” said Graeme Boushey, [an associate] professor of political science at the nearby University of California, Irvine. “I’m skeptical there is that path back. But we can never down-weight pocketbook issues.”
 
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