More Challenging Relief from Your Lockdown Boredom
I’ve been rather easy on you up till now with my mind-lifting quizzes. Though continuing in the same vein as the first two, this one is more difficult, yet will prove more useful down the road we travel together toward a brighter and better future.
Back to the present, you will be better armed for that Memorial Day family beach outing when you’ll have to see your right-wing brother in law again.
OK? Pencils out. Answers below. No peeking. You’re on the honor system.
How many electoral votes do the West Coast states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii have in total?
How many of those votes went Democratic in the last presidential election?
How many seats in the House of Representatives do the four states above have in total? (Your best estimate.)
How many seats are held by Democrats and how many by Republicans? Answer in percentages OK.
How many California House districts include Orange County turf?
ANSWERS
Seventy-seven.
All 77. The West Coast states (Pacifica) haven’t sent a single electoral vote for a Republican presidential candidate to Washington D.C. since 1992.
Seventy seats.
Of those 70 seats, 59 are held by Democrats, and 11 by Republicans; in percentages, that’s 84% to 16%. (A message there?)
There are seven seats that include all or part of Orange County, long a bastion of ultra-conservatism in the Goldwater/Reagan West that was. As of November 2016, all seven are represented by Democrats…such a nasty insult to the memory of John Birch.
Stay well! Meet you in Pacifica!