Although the fight between Democrats and Republicans has been unequal for the last forty years, it has become increasingly lopsided, with conservative commentators frequently attacking the city's politics using the ad hominem phrase, "San Francisco values".
For the last four decades, the political divide between Democrats and Republicans in the city has been skewed, with conservative commentators often resorting to the ad hominem tactic of "San Francisco values" when criticizing the city's political landscape.