As Republican candidates vie for the 2016 presidential nomination, Donald Trump is the leading the pack among registered Republican voters in California, according to the latest USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll. When asked to choose from a list of Republican candidates for whom they would vote if the presidential election were […] Read more »
68% of Previously Uninsured Adult Californians Gained Coverage Since the ACA’s Implementation
About two thirds (68%) of previously uninsured Californians have health coverage after the Affordable Care Act’s second open enrollment period, and this group is now much more likely to report their health needs are being met and much less likely to say they have problems paying for it than they […] Read more »
GOP and Latinos: On immigration, history shows the way
On the question of immigration, the Republican Party is at a crossroads. The party could take the Jeb Bush approach. “The way I look at this,” Bush said last year, “is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come legally, they come to our country because their families […] Read more »
California GOP worries that Trump’s trash talk could hurt its image
… For years California Republicans have tried to change their party’s image, to invite everyone into the pool — especially Latinos, whose enmity arose after a 1994 GOP effort to block immigrants without proper papers from state services. And now, the architecturally coiffed, anger-venting Trump has cannonballed in, disrupting the […] Read more »
Mervin Field Dies at 94; Took Political Pulse of California as Pollster
Mervin Field was a college dropout. He had no formal training in polling or statistics. … But while Mr. Field was still in Princeton, in high school, he had worked part time for a hometown pollster named George Gallup, who would go on to found one of America’s most trusted national polls. […] Read more »
Latino Voters Key Factor in Success of Environmental Ballot Initiatives in 2014
A groundbreaking study released today finds evidence that Latinos’ stated concerns for the environment and protection of America’s public lands is demonstrated at the voting booth – and impacts policy. The new research brief, released by leading pollster Latino Decisions and the nonprofit Hispanic Access Foundation, analyzed the results of […] Read more »