Edward Headington: DTS Voters: A Return to Nonpartisan...
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DTS Voters: A Return to Nonpartisan Normalcy?
One of the first things you hear when attending a political seminar at the USC Unruh Institute of Politics or at something like the American Associated of Political Consultants Annual Conference -- as I have in past years -- is that political people are the abnormal ones. The average Angeleno does not live, eat and breathe politics. They have lives to live, practices to take their kids to and friends to hang out with during GOTV (Get Out The Vote) weekends. Partisanship is the last thing on their minds, and it is probably easy to understand why the political duopoly of Democrats and Republicans is crumbling in California while registration for independents or DTS (Decline to State) voters climbs.
One of the first things you hear when attending a political seminar at the USC Unruh Institute of Politics or at something like the American Associated of Political Consultants Annual Conference -- as I have in past years -- is that political people are the abnormal ones. The average Angeleno does not live, eat and breathe politics. They have lives to live, practices to take their kids to and friends to hang out with during GOTV (Get Out The Vote) weekends. Partisanship is the last thing on their minds, and it is probably easy to understand why the political duopoly of Democrats and Republicans is crumbling in California while registration for independents or DTS (Decline to State) voters climbs.
