[Mb-civic] California's independent streak

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THIS MAY BE A HARBINGER OF  THE FUTURE
MICHAEL

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California's independent streak 
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By David Lesher and Mark Baldassare
David Lesher is the California program director of the New America Foundation. Mark Baldassare is research director at the Public Policy Institute of California and conducts its statewide surveys.

February 19 2006

CALIFORNIA VOTERS are shedding their identification with the two major political parties so rapidly that if current trends continue, independent voters could outnumber Democrats and Republicans in the Golden State by 2025. 

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