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    Inflation might motivate Republicans, but don’t expect it to win them many California elections

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times May 30, 2022 3 minutes
    Gas prices reach over $5.00 a gallon at a gas station in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 25, 2022.

    SACRAMENTO — Wallet-eating gasoline. Soaring grocery prices. Unaffordable housing. Tumbling stocks.

    In short: inflation, an election-year plague for Democrats.

    But is it in California? Republicans haven’t been competitive here for a long while. Democrats might just cruise through this.

    Add to that, however, the likelihood of power blackouts, devastating wildfires and choking smoke this summer — again. Plus, water cutbacks because of the drought. Persistent homelessness.

    And no baby formula.

    We won’t know the full political impact of the economic hardships, natural disasters and lifestyle aggravations until November.

    But historically, inflation has

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