Online voter registration in California was found to increase the voting base of minority and low-to-middle income populations. Study from UC Berkeley.
Consider the most recent statistics from the over half million Californian’s who registered to vote online this year, and the California Republican Party should be downright worried.
In 2012, independents will outnumber one of the major parties in 12 of the 53 Congressional districts, 10 of the 40 Senatorial districts, and 22 of the 80 Assembly districts.
The Berman Sherman debate was held on October 11 at Pierce College as part of their Politics at Pierce series. The conversation turned sour when the candidates’ attempts to out-Democrat each other quickly dissolved into a near-physical altercation.
A few current California news items making the rounds this week:
Today, the California State Controller’s office released a surprisingly upbeat and BOLD analysis; a sharp contrast from last month’s report. Hmmmmmm.
Earlier in the week, the Capitol community was abuzz when The Bee uncovered an unauthorized vacation buyout program taking place in the Department of Parks and Recreation.
