According to the results of a new statewide survey conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley, majorities of Californians disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, and believe that the changes in laws and policies that his administration is proposing will negatively affect […] Read more »
Issa’s own poll suggests Trump is a burden
A month after Rep. Darrell Issa won re-election in the closest congressional race in the country, the congressman got a warning that his next contest could be even tougher. An internal poll by Issa’s campaign shows a 10-point drop in the Vista Republican’s favorability ratings between mid-October and early December, […] Read more »
A Third of Californians Approve of Trump’s Job Performance
Just a third of Californians approve of the way President Trump is doing his job, according to a statewide survey released today by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), with funding from the James Irvine Foundation. … As California leaders consider their responses to Trump’s early action on immigration, […] Read more »
Mark DiCamillo Named Director of Expanded IGS Poll
Veteran California pollster Mark DiCamillo will join the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies as director of its Berkeley IGS Poll, the institute announced today. DiCamillo will bring to IGS decades of experience in polling Californians. He has been actively involved in measuring California public opinion since 1978, […] Read more »
CA-34: Sanders Movement Lives On, Voters Reject Political Establishment
A new LD poll shows voters in California’s 34th congressional district give high marks to Senator Bernie Sanders, and many of the themes of his political movement, as more than a dozen candidates jockey for position to replace outgoing Congressman Xavier Becerra. Becerra was named Attorney General of California to […] Read more »
Field Poll shutting down at end of year
The Field Poll, which for nearly 70 years has tracked the opinions of Californians, announced today it’s shutting down in early 2017. The poll was established in 1947 as The California Poll by Mervin Field, a groundbreaking pollster who died last year. “It is with great sadness that I must […] Read more »