Polling Data is clear; Gas Tax Repeal Doesn’t Help Republicans and May Harm Them

Much has been set in motion over the past several weeks about potential repeals of the gas tax and vehicle registration fee increases passed by the legislature and governor this past year. It doesn’t take a political scientist to understand that many GOP consultants will rightfully use the gas tax issue next year in campaign […]

Winners Emerge in Senate District 7 Special Election

Steve Glazer and Susan Bonilla are the big winners in last night’s Senate District 7 special election.  The two top vote getters will square off in a May runoff to join the Senate just in time for budget deliberations. But who were the winners and losers among the groups that collectively spent north of $3.4 […]

Red Herring Poll Misleads on Moving Elections to November

The normally credible Field Poll sadly succumbed today to Red Herring polling that can only be characterized as propagandizing. The Sacramento Bee actually dedicated an entire story to a finding in today’s poll that “even Republican voters” support moving ballot initiatives from June to November. The problem is it appears Field posed the question as […]