Most California voters express confidence in their collective wisdom when it comes to making public policy at the ballot box. They are also firm in their belief that voters’ past decisions on a range of initiatives have had good outcomes. These May PPIC Survey findings come at a time when voters ponder their 2022 election choices and legislators weigh the potential of ballot measures that would alter voters’ past decisions. Our findings underscore the political perils of efforts to change course on citizens’ initiatives that have already passed.
First and foremost, a majority of California likely voters (55%) think that public policy decisions made through the citizens’ initiative process are “probably better” than those made by the governor and state legislature. CONTINUED
Mark Baldassare, Public Policy Institute of California
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