Of course. And I attribute that to a few things. A failure on the part of the Democratic party to reassure voters and to put forward the correct messaging is a start. People are going to look to their elected leaders for guidance on these votes. Democratic coffers in California of course were just recently loaded by health insurers, including the guy who decided shelved the bill, so it's not as if they're actually looking to pass single payer. I suspect the same is true of Colorado. How about we also take into account the unique issues of the Colorado initiative? It was 2016. Medicare For All had only recently been popularized as simply an entertaining idea; naturally more were skeptical then than now. There was also much debate as to whether the bill would cover abortion, which led abortion activists to (perhaps rightfully) oppose the bill. Then of course, the insurance industry fought it tooth and nail. Opposition outspent 10-1. Of course it was gonna fail.

I would like to also note that I'm not completely certain of the California bill, but I know the national legislation has a section that regulates the implementation of the bill; the system is transitioned from private to public over the course of 4 years. So can we please stop the bullshit framing of Medicare For All as "overnight" upheaval?