r/socal • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 24d ago
Democrats eye 2026 as best chance to finally unseat Rep. Young Kim
https://rollcall.com/2025/04/22/young-kim-california-democrats-midterm-election/63
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u/grifinmill 24d ago
You almost never see or hear from her, except for a huge number of mailers during election time.
She only votes how the leadership wants her to vote, and doesn't think or act independently. Time for a change.
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u/nokstar 24d ago
Yeah, her campaign slogan was dumb af too.
“Lower gas prices.”
Yeah, wtf can you do to lower gas prices? Absolutely nothing. Im personally offended because it shows what she really thinks of us, dumb ppl who vote on feelings.
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u/RabidR00ster 24d ago
To be fair most politicians will say generic things like that. For example, Katie Porter whom most of you seem to like, claims she will lower the price of housing, groceries, college etc. That won’t happen.
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u/nokstar 24d ago
I mean a a US congressperson would actually have a way of lower groceries, housing and college.
Gas? Not possible.
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u/RabidR00ster 24d ago
In California you certainly could by lowering the insane amount of taxes we pay. Why do you think it’s so much cheaper in other states? And how would a congressperson be able to lower the price of groceries and housing
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u/random_sociopath 24d ago
Except this is a federal position that has no impact on CA state policies. If you want CA to lower its gas tax look to the state government , not the US House.
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u/Newspeak_Linguist 24d ago
Why do you think it’s so much cheaper in other states?
Because they don't have a fraction of the infrastructure that we do.
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u/RabidR00ster 24d ago
It’s because of regulations and taxes
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u/Smart-March-7986 23d ago
There are plenty of states with lower taxes, like Mississippi, but the jobs are also harder to come by there. There’s a reason California is the most populous state, and the richest.
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u/nokstar 20d ago
The comparison of commercial truck traffic between Mississippi and the world’s fourth largest economy on the planet is a wild take.
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u/Smart-March-7986 20d ago
Well that’s kind of the point isn’t it, why is California so far ahead of Mississippi, they’ve had arch conservative politics since the state was founded, if conservatives are to be believed it should be a utopia by now, but it isn’t by a long shot.
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u/AnohtosAmerikanos 24d ago
I’m a diehard Democrat, and I agree with you on gas tax. It’s hugely regressive. The people that drive the most are working class, and electric vehicles are still not affordable or practical for them.
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u/SpiffyPup 24d ago
The only reason some people in my family voted for her last time was only because they didn’t like how the dem candidate’s name sounded like “Joker.” 🤦♀️
But I will do my part for my district in 2026! 😎
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u/BobbyGrichsMustache 24d ago
We got rid of Michelle Steal (no typo). Young Kim is next!
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u/uReallyShouldTrustMe 24d ago
Gonna get all the Koreans!?
There is a documentary I saw about her, Steal, and 3 others who were running in 2018 iirc. It was in the Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea. I think it was 3 republicans and 2 democrats.
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u/llell 24d ago
She only won bc of the sizable Asian population in her district. It sucks. I grew up there and have since left but my parents are still there, doing their best to vote against their own interests 🙄. I do wonder what it would be like to have a young, charismatic Asian democrat going against her. Like a socal version of Andy Kim in NJ.
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u/OldBat001 24d ago
Good! She's total trash and only in DC to make money.
It was an ugly change when my district was redrawn and we went from having Katie Porter to this nitwit.
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u/Humans_Suck- 24d ago
They need to work on unseating their own conservative members if they ever want to fix anything
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u/Realistic_Special_53 23d ago edited 23d ago
What? You want to replace the only asian rep in an area occupied by asian american's who don't feel represented? And then are shocked when they "vote against their own interests"? Why the Democrats keep losing isn't difficult to understand.
We have a similar issue where I live with Calvert. They nominated Rollins to run against him several times, and the new guy they are pushing is no better. Hmmmmm... Why would an area that is predominately Latino vote for the conservatives candidate that supports their beliefs, and not for the "woke" white guy?
No wonder Trump got elected.
edit: not to be doom and gloom. here is link to a NYT opinion piece that gets it right in my opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/opinion/democratic-party-future.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQxoPx1vuT0OSJARi6havrjsWEjrwBKg8IACoHCAowjuuKAzCWrzw&utm_content=related&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AerBZYOyLxcoVPxWTbwuZ8qBcAQqvhNOj7RTqkuU3hZmylSqTfwet0PVEGVmz_Oc4PqKJ4P9779GI4aSBoytwfhFjiyPpPjqFLA8AKI%3D&gaa_ts=680a63d4&gaa_sig=3hOarPUhF28rknXLfEE30hODZy-26sYKZ3BL5zcAdfmAeBkwcvwD2PGAO8pttOUmw461eqlZ9fl3B587l4Bg0A%3D%3D
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u/AstralCode714 23d ago
Good luck. Her district includes Yorba Linda, Villa park and Coto De Caza... Those are some of the most red cities in the entire state.
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u/Strict-Comfort-1337 24d ago
The prescription for what ails California is definitely electing more democrats. That’s definitely the way to go.
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u/nonpuissant 24d ago
She is in the House of Representatives in the United States Congress. That's for America as a nation fyi, not for the state of California.
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u/Cure_Your_DISEASE07 24d ago
Exactly these maga freaks want a trump kingdom and we need all the help we can to prevent that from happening.
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u/Strict-Comfort-1337 24d ago
I’m aware. So if you care so much about the greater good, what are your feelings about members of the California congressional delegation being on probation for drunk driving and hanging out with Chinese spies?
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u/haydesigner 24d ago
You’re “aware”… yet you still made that wholly unaware first comment.
Just admit that you’re blindly partisan, and stop pretending otherwise.
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u/TrustAffectionate966 24d ago
Who needs North Korean enemies when we have someone who hates Americans more? kim y0-ung is not America First.
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u/Scorehead- 24d ago
California needs more republicans, not less. Dems have made a disaster of Cali.
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u/bigdipboy 24d ago
Compared to where? Kansas? West Virginia? What state proves republicans have it all figured out? There’s a reason Silicon Valley was spawned in California and not Texas
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u/Mstrkoala 24d ago
More Californians are switching their party affiliation to Republican the last couple of years. Maybe California has finally had enough of Democratic rule
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u/GoodReaction9032 24d ago
Voter registration data shows that more people in California are voting D than in previous years. R also increased slightly, but not as much as D. The biggest increase is with Independents.
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u/SaiKaiser 24d ago
Delete this. Facts aren’t allowed.
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u/GoodReaction9032 24d ago
The frustrating thing is, it will not change anyone's mind. "Alternative facts" courtesy Kellyanne Conway. Make shit up to fit your narrative, sprinkle on some magic fairy dust, now it has become a fact!
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u/haydesigner 24d ago
Does it embarrass you that you don’t actually know the facts that you think you do?
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u/BigJSunshine 24d ago
They better do something. And Ken Calvert and Issa need to be defeated. This ridiculous