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In the weeks since the California primary, when Hillary Clinton joined Donald Trump in becoming her party’s presumptive nominee for president, FairVote has tracked both candidates’ campaign appearances. FairVote’s similar analysis in 2012 showed just how much the candidates focus on swing states that might tip the election with our current Electoral College rules. After the conventions in 2012, Barack Obama campaigned in a grand total of just eight states and Mitt Romney added only two more. The

FairVote has compiled and analyzed state-by-state data on voter turnout for the 2016 presidential primaries. Released today, it reviews trends in voter turnout nationally since 2000, as well as differences in turnout by party. Also included is a deeper analysis of the 23 states which held competitive primaries in both 2008 and 2016, exploring the effects of primary type (open, closed, or hybrid) and voter access laws. A full report can be downloaded from FairVote’s website. Record Breaking Rep

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council voted to put the Chargers downtown stadium initiative and the Citizens’ Plan initiative on the November ballot. By a unanimous vote of 9-0, the council passed both the Chargers Initiative (now Measure C) and the Citizens’ Plan for Tourism Reform (now Measure D). Councilmember Chris Cate, who has been an outspoken critic of the plan, assigned himself to write the argument against the ballot initiative. The mayor’s office along with the Independent Budget

People are still gathering information about Omar Mateen, the shooter of the Orlando nightclub. However, Mateen was twice investigated by the FBI over suspected ties to terrorism. An unnamed source quoted in the Daily Beast said, "He's a known quantity," yet there were no further inquiries. Although it is too early to tell what the domestic political response will be, violent tragedies often generate calls for tighter surveillance policies, such as the Patriot Act following the September 11, 20

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Assemblymembers Adam Gray (D-Merced), Kristin Olsen (R-Riverbank), and the Independent Voter Project jointly announce the introduction of a new state constitutional amendment,  ACA 13, that would create a single nonpartisan presidential ballot so that all California voters have an opportunity to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice, regardless of their political affiliation, in taxpayer-funded presidential primaries. "When voters fill out their ballot they expect

On Tuesday, June 7, 6 states -- California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota -- will hold Democratic presidential contests in what has proven to be a hotly contested race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. In total, there are 694 pledged delegates up for grabs, a big jackpot for the candidate who can garner the most votes. However, on the eve of this major primary election day, the Associated Press (AP) announced that Clinton had the number of delegates n

San Diego, Calif. - Gil Cabrera is one of five attorney’s running to replace Jan Goldsmith as the next city attorney for San Diego. Cabrera got an enormous boost in distancing himself from the pack with the endorsement of the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board. In coming to their conclusion, the board wrote, “We predict this race goes to a two-person November runoff election and believe it would be a boon for San Diego to have Cabrera and Hickey debate how best to protect San Diego. But we

Ocean County “Anti-Corruption Democrats” have filed a federal lawsuit against the county Democratic committee and its leaders challenging the legality of the party’s endorsement vote, along with an alleged failure to follow their own bylaws, in addition to “intentional, unconstitutional and illegal manipulation” by officers of the organization including chair Wyatt Earp. In the suit, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, lead plaintiff Scott Neuman is joined by running mate Tracy Caprioni, county commi

I served 20 years in the California legislature so I am not without familiarity with the reality of the bubble that politicians live in or the sometimes surrealistic view of the public that is manufactured by political consultants on both sides of the aisle. Secretary of State Alex Padilla is both a friend and a fellow Democrat who I have supported and expect I will continue to support. However, the most recent statements from his office concerning potential voter confusion in this year's prima

As events from this past week portray, there is a growing divide between the leadership within the two major political parties and members of the American public. While other establishment candidates have remained relatively silent on the issue of independent voter participation, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders responded to Wasserman Schultz explaining that “more and more people are going outside the Democratic and Republican parties; we have millions and millions of independen