US Politics
The Endangered Species of Sacramento: How Party Loyalty is Strangling Political Courage in California
A CalMatters analysis reveals that California legislators vote against their own party less than 1% of the time on average, though a few rare dissenters, like Republican Greg Wallis who broke ranks 8% of the time, prioritize their districts over party loyalty. This vital independence is under existential threat from hyper-partisan primaries and punitive party leadership, a chilling trend that erodes the very core of representative democracy and the freedom to serve one's constituents.
