Interesting info Deathstyle. Thx for sharing it.
I feel bad for the folks who live in California who's opinion (s) is not of the highly populated from Dana Point north to San Fran along the coast. It's similar in NY. The overwhelming majority of the folks north and west of Albany are right leaning folks. While the folks south of Albany tend to lean towards the left.
Like California, most of NY's population lays in the left leaning part of the state.
I use to be the guy that said, "If you do not like where you live, pick up your skirt and move". Well that sounds great BUT many folks can not do that - mostly due to their job. Then there is family too to throw into the equation.
Although it would never happen, seceding from the mother state and forming a new state is the only cure for this issue.