blog post California Is Different By Mark Baldassare Nov 16, 2016 The voters have spoken and the awkward result is a conflicting policy agenda for the state government and federal government.
blog post The Top-Two System and Election 2016 By Eric McGhee Nov 10, 2016 This election marked the third outing for California's "top two" primary system.
blog post The End of the Post-Partisan Era? By Mark Baldassare Oct 11, 2016 New voter registration figures show that a partisan shift under way for several years has accelerated during the 2016 presidential election.
blog post Video: A High-Interest Election By Linda Strean Sep 28, 2016 This is an unusual election year, as the findings from the September PPIC Statewide Survey show.
Report What to Expect from California’s New Motor Voter Law By Eric McGhee, Mindy Romero Jun 15, 2016 In 2015, California passed major legislation to increase the state’s voter rolls by simplifying the voter registration process. Under the New Motor Voter Act, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will electronically transmit information about DMV customers who are eligible to vote to the California Secretary of State, which will add eligible customers to the voter rolls unless they opt out. We find that this law has the potential to significantly alter the demographic composition of the California electorate, making the population of registered voters more representative of the state as a whole. Our estimates also suggest that the new system may rapidly expand the voter rolls, adding more than 2 million new registrants in the first year. Key implementation issues will decide the impact of the New Motor Voter Act. To ensure the law’s success, the state should require DMV customers to attest to their eligibility to vote as a precondition for completing their transaction. It will also be necessary to mobilize new registrants aggressively if they are to become new voters.
blog post Worlds Apart: California’s Partisan Divide and the 2016 Election By Mark Baldassare Jun 14, 2016 Californians’ preferences in the presidential primary provide just one example of a deep partisan fissure that has emerged in the 2016 PPIC Statewide Surveys.
blog post Assessing the Top Two Primary By Eric McGhee Jun 9, 2016 How is the top two primary faring? There will be 22 same-party races this election cycle, similar to but slightly lower than the 25 in 2014 and 28 in 2012.
