Next year, voters in California probably will be more interested in rebuking Trump on issues like health care and climate change than in making a political statement about the death penalty, said Graeme Boushey, a UC Irvine political science professor. “I think Republicans know they’re pushing against a tidal wave,” Boushey said.

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