The Fall 06 issue of Sierra Citizen published an article by Shawn Garvey exploring the increasingly red (Repulican) nature of the Sierra Nevada. Just over 3/4 of a million Sierrans are eligible to vote, with Republicans making up 60% of new voters since 1999. Joan Clayburgh, head of the Sierra Nevada Alliance warns, "Simply put, we all lose if we fall into the trap that Democrats are environmentalist and Republicans are anti-environmentalist. The fact is that we can organize successfully in a paradigm where Republicans are both the majority and conservation-oriented." Read the article in full here
One Sierra, Two Sierra, Red Sierra, Blue Sierra
The Fall 06 issue of Sierra Citizen published an article by Shawn Garvey exploring the increasingly red (Repulican) nature of the Sierra Nevada. Just over 3/4 of a million Sierrans are eligible to vote, with Republicans making up 60% of new voters since 1999. Joan Clayburgh, head of the Sierra Nevada Alliance warns, "Simply put, we all lose if we fall into the trap that Democrats are environmentalist and Republicans are anti-environmentalist. The fact is that we can organize successfully in a paradigm where Republicans are both the majority and conservation-oriented." Read the article in full here