Political parties publish a platform of their stances on various issues and anyone who aligns them self with a political party generally aligns themselves with that party's stances on the issues.
I'd like to hope that it's actually the other way around. You know, rather than "I'm a Democrat therefore I must believe this this and this" it's "I believe this this and this and the Democratic party shares my belief on (most of) those things too."
Besides, re-read
>>56 and my criticism.
We can't let the stupid [Republicans] get any more power.
That's not objective criticism in the least. Breaking up the state of California is not the most orthodox solution to determining the root of California's problem's or mitigating the damage potential it has on the rest of the country and may not work anyway, but his argument of opposition is biased in the same selfish ways that have mired politics forever.
Not the kind of thing you want to do when facing those endgame situations that have brought sturdy countries to their knees in the past.