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By Nathan Thomas on April 22, 2013, 4:01pm
In the days after Election 2012, which saw Democrats surge to a two-thirds supermajority in the California Legislature, Republicans insisted that the pendulum would soon swing back their way - that with "lower turnout" and "President Barack Obama no longer at the top of the ticket," voters would return the GOP to relevance in 2014. But three factors suggest the opposite may be true, and California Democrats may continue to rise in next year's midterms.
First, it turns out that the new Democratic supermajority is extremely popular with voters. Conversely, California Republicans remain in free-fall, recently dropping to fewer than 29% of the state's registered voters. But most importantly for 2014, a recent analysis pairing Assembly election results and President Obama's district-by-district performance reveals that even after their 2012 surge, Democrats still have more opportunities for growth than Republicans.
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By Nathan Thomas on April 16, 2013, 1:46pm
2013 may be remembered as the year that Democratic efforts to protect and expand voting rights re-asserted themselves. In just the past few weeks, Democratic legislation has advanced in at least four states - California, Oregon, Colorado, and Maryland - that would remove significant barriers to voting while protecting the integrity of our elections.
Republicans in all four states, naturally, oppose the efforts.
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By Dan Roth on February 22, 2013, 8:04pm
Democrats in the Golden State are working to bring the state's historic California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into the twenty-first century. In a press release Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) announced today legislation designed to protect "the state’s environment and residents while modernizing the law to help the growth of California’s economy."
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By Dan Roth on February 13, 2013, 9:03pm
California state Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) announced in a press release the introduction of legislation "that would require at least one polling place on every University of California and California State University campus." In addition the bill would "would also encourage polling places on community college campuses when registrars deem there is an adequate demand."
