Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, Deja Thomas Feb 22, 2024 Schiff, Porter, and Garvey lead in the top-two primary for the US Senate, while Trump is poised to capture all of California's delegates in the Republican presidential primary. Majorities see the situation at the US-Mexico border as a major problem.
blog post Widespread Political Disaffection among California’s Likely Voters By Mark Baldassare Feb 9, 2022 A record-high share of California’s likely voters say they’re pessimistic about Americans of different political views coming together and working out their differences.
blog post Early Support and High Hopes for President Joe Biden By Mark Baldassare Feb 26, 2021 Strong majorities of Californians approve of how President Biden is handling his job and think he will be able to work with Congress to accomplish a lot in the next year. But views are split along partisan lines.
blog post Video: A Conversation with Leon Panetta By Mary Severance Feb 2, 2021 Former secretary of defense and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta talks with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about federal and state efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses the role of political leadership during turbulent times.
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, Rachel Lawler Sep 16, 2020 Key findings from the current survey: A slim majority of likely voters support Proposition 15, which would change how commercial property is taxed. Well below half of likely voters support Proposition 16, which would repeal the state’s ban on affirmative action in the public sector. Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by a wide margin, with 60 percent of likely voters favoring Biden/Harris and 31 percent favoring Trump/Pence. Most Californians remain concerned about contracting COVID-19, but a slim majority believe the worst is behind us.
blog post Video: A Conversation with Leon Panetta By Mary Severance Jan 22, 2020 The former defense secretary and CIA director talks with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about the role of leadership in addressing the key policy challenges facing California and the nation.
blog post The Democratic Presidential Primary: What Do Californians Care About? By Mark Baldassare Dec 6, 2019 With California's primary less than three months away, voters most want to hear from the candidates on health care, the environment, jobs and the economy, and immigration.
