United States presidential elections in California War. United States presidential elections in California Following is a table of United States presidential elections in California, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1850, California has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American
The Presidents of the United States of America (album) of America" received positive reviews, and has been certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. Chris Ballew and Dave Dederer met while attending The Bush School in Seattle. In the 1980s and early 1990s they collaborated on various musical projects. Ballew returned to Seattle in the summer of 1993 and he and Dederer formed what would become The Presidents of the United States of America that autumn. Initially a drummerless duo, they performed a half-dozen or so shows in late 1993 as "The Lo-Fis", "The Dynamic Duo", and "Pure Frosting." Ballew eventually came upon the name "The Presidents of the United