16 Before the 90's California was a Republican state. Going along with the theory liberals have parasites In the 90's in California had a drastic drop in smoking cigarettes. Tobacco & Nicotine are antiparasitic. Conservative states overall smoke more then democratic ones. Links in comments. (www.latimes.com) posted 156 days ago by User25000 156 days ago by User25000 +17 / -1 After decades of Republican victories, here’s how California became a blue state again California hasn’t always been a lock for the Democratic presidential nominee. Republicans won the state in nearly every presidential election between 1952 and 1988. Ahead of an election that could see more blue in the Golden State than ever before, here’s ... 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Interesting related trivia: even birds know about the anti-parasitic properties of nicotine.
City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites (Nature 12/5/2012)
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