Scoring the Primary Results
Political insiders, like stock market traders, love to ascribe great meaning to events even when often times none exists. Leading up to election day, it was being reported that California would experience an incredible increase in voter turnout, one of historic proportion, as young voters and voters of color surged to the polls in support […]
Labor’s Love Lost
Election campaigns contain a bit of Shakespearean drama as they deal with many aspects of human nature, but the fractured headline of this piece refers not to Shakespeare’s play but the question labor faces because of an unusual outcome in a Los Angeles County supervisorial race. In the Fifth Supervisorial District overseen by Republican Michael […]
Thoughts on the Primary Results – the Local Edition
Yesterday, I touched on some initial thoughts on the June 7 California Primary. Caveats aside that there are still more VBM and provisional ballots yet to be counted, I’d like to examine some local election results. Local elections often don’t get the coverage they deserve, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important. Ballot Measures – Lots of […]
Assessing the Top Two Primary
With the voting this week, California has now entered its third election cycle with a “top two” primary. This system marks a radical departure from the “semi-closed” approach in place from 2002 through 2010. Under that system, those voters registered with a party could vote only for candidates of that party. By contrast, the top […]