As far as I'm concerned, this election was mostly about whether or not to tax soda

Both Berkeley and San Francisco had ballot propositions this year regarding whether to institute a tax on soda (and many juices). The tax, at least in Berkeley, is only a cent per ounce, so the cost isn't that high. And the proposition clearly riled up some huge corporations because every house has gotten fliers about this, and I hear ads about it on th…