Californians have a split opinion on charter schools, with roughly equal shares supporting and opposing them. And while most believe that parents in low-income areas should have the option of sending their children to charter schools, there is a high level of concern that charter schools take state funding away […] Read more »
Why is Elizabeth Warren struggling? Democrats aren’t looking for policy.
… A new Quinnipiac University poll of California Democratic and Democratic leaning independents finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads a potential primary with 26%, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 18%, Sen. Kamala Harris at 17% and Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 7% each. … […] Read more »
Here’s why you can’t discount Joe Biden’s early polling lead
A big question surrounding Joe Biden’s likely candidacy is whether his polling lead is built upon merely being well known. If it is, then you can expect other candidates to pass him once voters become more familiar with them. After all, Biden is a former vice president, and most of […] Read more »
In Kamala Harris, a sequel to Ronald Reagan?
In 1980, former California Gov. Ronald Reagan was elected the nation’s 40th president. Blondie topped the music charts, the sequel to “Star Wars” packed movie theaters and Kamala Harris was a 16-year-old finishing high school. Nearly four decades later, Harris is a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, […] Read more »
Kamala Harris’s plan to crush 2020 rivals on her home turf
As she moves swiftly to build a juggernaut in her home state, California Sen. Kamala Harris is revealing what looks like an audacious strategy for delivering a mortal blow to her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination next March. It relies on her geographical edge at home, her perceived demographic […] Read more »
Climate Change among Democratic Voters in Early States
The following is a summary of findings from a survey of 1,765 likely 2020 Democratic primary voters and caucus goers in CA, IA, NH, NV, and SC. This survey was conducted jointly by Hart Research and Normington Petts for CAP Action Fund, Environmental Defense Action Fund and the League of […] Read more »