White Teeth - Ca-sen: How Barbara Boxer Defeated Carly Fiorina

California U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Governor-Elect Jerry Brown, November 2, 2010One answer: Los Angeles CountyLook at the California election map:And, then the results from Los Angeles County.Republican Carly Fiorina performed well in many California counties but the almost 600,000 vote deficit in Los Angeles County spelled her doom.Why?Demographics for one, since Los Angeles city and its outlying cities have large ethnic Hispanic, Jewish, African American and Asian populations who overwhelmingly register and vote Democratic. President Obama is very popular with these communities and he was very visible in campaigning for the long term incumbent.Both sides said that in the end, Boxer also got a significant boost from President Obama, who came out to campaign for her and was ...