blog post Video: California’s 2021 Recall Election By Vicki Hsieh Sep 10, 2021 A panel of leading political journalists—Carla Marinucci (POLITICO), Jennifer Medina (The New York Times), and Seema Mehta (Los Angeles Times)—discuss the gubernatorial recall and the state’s electoral landscape.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Equity in Voter Turnout after Pandemic Election Policy Changes By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Mindy Romero, Stephanie Barton Mar 1, 2022 While California has made progress toward voting equity, reforms meant to address running an election during the pandemic may have disrupted voting habits for some communities.
blog post California’s Voter Turnout Problem By Eric McGhee Nov 19, 2014 Voter turnout in California’s 2014 midterm election was awful. It looks to have hit a new low, with about 42 percent of registered voters deciding to cast a ballot.
blog post A Turnaround for Voter Turnout? By Eric McGhee Jun 13, 2016 The recent primary offered signs of improvement for California’s abysmally low voter turnout.
blog post A Move to Raise Turnout in LA By Eric McGhee Mar 10, 2015 Less than 9% of Los Angeles voters turned out in last week’s election, yet this select group did something on Election Day that all but guaranteed their membership will grow.
blog post Video: Equity in Voter Turnout after Pandemic Election Changes By Stephanie Barton Mar 11, 2022 PPIC researcher Eric McGhee presents new research on changes California made to voting options in light of COVID-19, and an expert panel discusses the impact of these changes on the state’s electorate.
Fact Sheet California’s Likely Voters By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Aug 28, 2023 Likely voters lean Democratic and are ideologically mixed. They also tend to be whiter, older, more educated, and more affluent than adults overall.
blog post The Turnout Turnaround By Eric McGhee Dec 16, 2016 Voter turnout in presidential elections has been climbing in all states since about 2000. This is the first time that the upward trend has been stronger in California than elsewhere.
blog post California’s Independent Voters and the Presidential Primary By Alyssa Dykman Jan 15, 2020 More than one in four registered voters are independents, accounting for the state’s second-largest voting bloc. What role might they play in California’s upcoming presidential primary?
