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Originally Posted by bossabreezes
''Housing for All''
''Free Healthcare''
''Everyone is equal'' ect.
The Bay Area is famous for being super far left swinging, and this generally means that people favor more left leaning policies, like universal healthcare and government subsidies ect.
I understand why current homeowners wouldn't want more housing, obviously. But a good chunk of the voting population is renters, who would most certainly want more housing units constructed so their rents go down and have more housing options.
Also, sure- there are conservative areas of California. But they are the minority. To say otherwise is being intellectually dishonest. CA is one of, if not THE most reliably liberal states in the country.
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Silicon Valley is extremely libertarian. It's probably the most libertarian region in the entire country, and that ethos is integral to much of the tech industry. I would also generalize that California overall is more libertarian leaning than many places east of the Mississippi.