California's Flaky Image Analysis

In her essay, “We’re Only Confirming California’s Flaky Image”, Anita Creamer explains why the rest of the country views Californians as “flakes”. Her prime example of this is the 2003 gubernatorial election, where Californians elected body builder and reality TV star Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor. Californians put in office someone with absolutely no political experience in office not because of the merit of his policies, but because of the entertainment value he offered. “They blame attack ads for alienating them and the candidates themselves for offending them. The truth is, they're simply not interested because they’re not entertained. The ordinary day-to-day developments of politics and current events bore them senseless” (Creamer 433).
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However, a considerable amount of time has passed since Creamer wrote her essay on California’s state of affairs. The recent election has woken up Californians, and overwhelming two-thirds of Californians said a solid no to fascism, demagoguery, and bigotry. Immediately after that last votes were tallied, huge protests like the Women's March were organized. Californians have finally begun to stand up for what is right. We have grown up since we put Schwarzenegger in the governor’s office, and I hope this trend continues. Gavin Newsom is running for governor in 2018, the man who brought universal healthcare to San Francisco, an achievement that I hope he can bring to the rest of the state. Bernie Sanders sent a huge message to Wall Street and the one percent who own more wealth than the bottom ninety-nine: a political revolution is brewing. Despite California’s voting record in the past, it seems to me that we have a hopeful future ahead of us, despite the setback we faced last November. Hopefully, we won’t ever recede into the lethargic state of political disengagement that Creamer