Results for president, California propositions, congressional races. Meantime, some crucial congressional races are too close to call in Orange County. The historic election saw nearly There was little drama at the top of the ticket, where Biden easily won the state's 55 electoral votes. California is one of the nation's most Democratic states - the party holds every statewide office, dominates the Legislature and congressional delegation, and outnumbers registered Republicans by nearly 2-to It's also the home of Biden's running mate, Sen.
Kamala Harris. She served as the San Francisco district attorney and the state's attorney general before winning election to the Senate in California's nearly 40 million voters have awarded their electoral votes to the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how the vote will report this year. Prop 15 : FAIL - Proposition 15, a ballot measure that seeks to increase commercial property taxes to fund education in California, failed Tuesday night, the Associated Press reports.
Prop 16 : FAIL - Would have repealed 's Proposition , which banned the government and public institutions like schools from discriminating or giving preferential treatment based on sex, race, ethnicity or nationality. Prop effectively banned public employers, universities and the like from using affirmative action, as it was seen as discriminatory. Prop 17 : PASS - Amends the constitution to allow those on parole for a felony conviction to vote in elections. Current California law prevents people from voting if they're imprisoned or on parole for a felony crime.
Prop 17 only amends the latter half of that law. Prop 18 : FAIL - Would have amended the state constitution to allow year-olds who will be 18 by the time of the general election to vote in primary or special elections that precede them. Prop 20 would have made it so firearm theft, vehicle theft and unlawful use of a credit card are classified as "wobblers," meaning they can be charged as misdemeanors or felonies.
Prop 20 also would have established two new crimes in the code, serial crime and retail organized crime, also both wobblers. The proposition also expanded mandatory DNA collection to those convicted of certain misdemeanors.
