For the first time in Dianne Feinstein’s long twenty-nine-year tenure, more Californians offer a negative than positive appraisal of the job she is doing in the U.S. Senate. The latest Berkeley IGS Poll finds that 45% of the state’s registered voters disapprove of Feinstein’s job performance overall, while just 35% […] Read more »
California voters now much more critical of Gov. Newsom’s performance
Californians are reevaluating their views of the job Gavin Newsom is doing as governor. The latest Berkeley IGS Poll conducted online last week among over 10,000 registered voters finds just 46% approving of Newsom’s performance as governor, while 48% disapprove, 31% of whom disapprove strongly. This represents a big shift […] Read more »
California: What Approval Ratings Say about Recalling Gov. Newsom
The rumblings about a recall of Governor Gavin Newsom that began soon after he entered office in 2019 have gotten louder as California struggles with the COVID-19 crisis, along with related job losses and school closures. Recall efforts have two key steps: gathering enough signatures to qualify for a ballot […] Read more »
Most Think California Children Will Be Worse Off than Their Parents; Two-Thirds See Income Inequality Widening
A solid majority of Californians say children growing up in the state today will be worse off financially than their parents, while more than two-thirds say the gap between rich and poor is widening. In the past year, more than four in ten households with annual incomes below $40,000 had […] Read more »
What four California ballot initiatives reveal about race relations in the U.S.
In 2020, America’s three biggest problems — according to Americans — were the coronavirus pandemic, poor political leadership and race relations. Voters expressed their preferences on the first two by throwing President Trump out of the White House. The election provided little insight on racial issues, however: There is no […] Read more »
Calif. governor faces pressure to choose a Latino to replace Harris in the Senate
Since California was carved out of Mexico and joined the union more than a century and a half ago, the state has never had a Latino representing it in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) now has the opportunity to change that amid increasing pressure to do so. Two […] Read more »