>"As California goes, so goes the country".
>Was very relevant from 70's to at least the early 2000's.
>One could argue the 5-6th largest economy
>in the world is no longer a predictor of what other states will follow nowadays.
It may not have the sway it once did in terms in of what originates in California eventually works it way across the country, but there are NO other states that have the influence California does on policy enacted in other area of the country.