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Such systemic vulnerabilities underscore why California’s voter rolls are highly compromised, especially considering the state’s sizable immigrant population—27% of residents are foreign-born. This demographic detail begs the question: is the sizeable foreign-born community being exploited for political gain? Newsome openly embraces California’s diversity, boasting that a quarter of the population is foreign-born, a fact he claims is a facet of the state's “most diverse democracy,” but critics suggest it’s a strategic component of the state’s electoral plan.