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California’s Jungle Primary Could Eat the Democratic Party Alive

A crowded field, a broken political machine, and a simple equation California Democrats are still refusing to solve.

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Kristoffer Ealy
May 05, 2026
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Illustration by Riley Levine

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games We got everything you want, honey, we know the names.

There are moments in politics where a metaphor stops being a metaphor and starts feeling like a diagnosis. This is one of those moments. California does not just have a primary — it has a jungle primary, which sounds like somethin…

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Political science prof & political psych nerd. Writes about groupthink, power, & American nonsense. Sometimes funny on purpose. 📬 professorealy.substack.com 🐦 kmezdoesit.bsky.social
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