Fortunately, we鈥檝e boiled it down to a few pictures 鈥� a scatter plot, a bar chart, seating charts, color-coded maps 鈥� to show what this latest electoral exercise tells us about who wields power in the state Capitol, the state鈥檚 sharp political divisions and the mind-numbing magnitude of electoral spending.

Take these charts with a grain of salt for now. There are still to tally, as of 5 p.m. Friday. That鈥檚 all part of that often has the rest of the nation waiting for weeks on California鈥檚 vote totals.

But some clear trends are beginning to emerge. Here are a few of them, presented in technicolor.

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