I found this panel discussion to be quite timely given our 250 celebration is just a few weeks away, and the Dems are doing all they can to crap all over it.
The All In Podcast cast had a great panel discussion of how the voting process in CA is designed to "appoint" leadership not "elect." Rational people see the CA Voting System as totally fraudulent, nothing Democratic about it. However, it was created through their statutes by the super-majority Dem Gov and Legislature so technically it is legal and designed to destroy Democracy.
Skip ahead to 1:11 in this YouTube, and you'll see what I mean. It really is a process designed to "appoint" not "elect" to maintain power & control for the Dems, it is a model that went national ramming speed in 2020: youtube.com
CA has done a masterful job at destroying the Representative Republic the US Constitution created using Democracy for voting with Ben Franklin's fear could be easily lost. And it is happening.
Actually, 1:13