By Eric McGhee PPIC is turning 30 this year, and a lot has changed in California’s party politics during the institute’s lifetime. In the decades before PPIC was founded, the state was known for weak […]
By Jonathan Weisman, NY Times As Democrats look to wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, their fight will fully begin with Tuesday’s primaries in California. And their immediate trouble is not […]
Almost 30 years ago Californians passed Proposition 187, a ballot measure that denied public benefits to undocumented immigrants. This year, a new state law took effect offering government-subsidized health insurance to the same population. by […]
By Eric McGhee, PPIC California continues to be a popular destination for new immigrants to the country; over one in four of the state’s residents was born abroad. But immigration patterns have shifted. Large numbers […]
by Lynn La, CalMatters Yes, the headline race in California’s 2024 election is the first open U.S. Senate seat in 30 years. But voters should also pay attention to the U.S. House: California helped flip […]
by Cesar Montoya One of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s primary responsibilities is appointing individuals to fill vacancies within state boards and commissions. However, his office lacks a public system to check whether these appointees reflect the […]
by Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, and Deja Thomas, PPIC Democrats make up nearly half of registered voters; independent registration has declined in recent years. Most independent likely voters lean toward a major party […]
Previous polls by the Berkeley institute have indicated that California voters, especially those who vote routinely, are whiter and older than the state’s population. Campaigns tend to target those regular voters rather than focusing on […]
by Harold Meyerson “An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces” — that’s how U.S. Sen. William Seward of New York described the rising strife and mounting enmity between the North and South in 1858, […]
by Vanessa Arredond When Martha Escutia was elected to the Assembly in 1992, she was one of seven Latinos in the 120-member California Legislature, part of the small but growing Latino Caucus that would eventually […]
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