… California will award 415 pledged delegates to the Democratic convention next summer, far more than any state. … And yet no one in California feels confident that the state will exert even a fraction of the influence over the outcome of the race than the two smaller, predominately white states that kick off the nominating process. …
Once again, California appears more likely to be submerged in a political wave than to start one. … Whatever California decides next March, it will share the spotlight with over a dozen other states — and given how long it usually takes California to count all of its ballots, its results may not be fully apparent until well after the primary cavalcade has rolled onto other contests. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN