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2 | Updated: 04-14-2025 11:00 ET | study1 | study2 | Diff |
3 | Registered Voter | Policy Influencer | Diff (RV-PI) | |
4 | Unweighted N except where noted | 1025 | 718 | |
5 | TopIssueFacingCalifornia: What do you see as the most important issue facing California today? 🔍 | 1025 | 710 | |
6 | 🏘️ Housing & homelessness | 35% | 43% | -8% |
7 | 🚧 Infrastructure & transportation | 3% | 4% | -1% |
8 | 🏥 Healthcare & public services | 8% | 4% | 4% |
9 | 💰 Budget & fiscal management | 16% | 19% | -3% |
10 | 🌍 Climate & environmental policy | 6% | 11% | -5% |
11 | 🚓 Public safety & crime | 10% | 3% | 7% |
12 | 📚 Education system | 4% | 6% | -1% |
13 | 🏛️ Immigration policy & enforcement | 13% | 3% | 10% |
14 | Other (specify) | 5% | 7% | -3% |
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16 | GovHandling: Overall, how would you rate the performance of California’s government today? 🌟 | 1024 | 714 | |
17 | NET Excellent/Good | 29% | 32% | -3% |
18 | 🎯 Excellent | 4% | 2% | 3% |
19 | 👍 Good | 25% | 31% | -6% |
20 | 😐 Adequate | 26% | 38% | -12% |
21 | NET Poor/Failing | 45% | 30% | 15% |
22 | 👎 Poor | 22% | 20% | 2% |
23 | 💥 Failing | 23% | 10% | 14% |
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25 | GovImprovementAreas: Where does the state government most need improvement? 🛠️ | 1025 | 715 | |
26 | 📊 Managing the budget | 34% | 28% | 6% |
27 | 📦 Delivering public services | 13% | 19% | -6% |
28 | 🚧 Infrastructure & transportation | 19% | 27% | -8% |
29 | 🚔 Public safety & crime | 30% | 13% | 17% |
30 | 🏠 Housing & homelessness | 58% | 65% | -7% |
31 | 📘 Education system | 22% | 19% | 3% |
32 | 🛂 Immigration policy & enforcement | 22% | 4% | 18% |
33 | Other (specify) | 8% | 11% | -3% |
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35 | GovCapacity: How much confidence do you have in California’s state government to take on big challenges? 🤔 | 1021 | 713 | |
36 | NET A great deal/Quite a bit | 29% | 29% | 0% |
37 | ✅ A great deal | 9% | 5% | 4% |
38 | 👍 Quite a bit | 20% | 24% | -4% |
39 | 🤔 Some | 28% | 45% | -17% |
40 | NET Very little/None | 43% | 26% | 16% |
41 | ❌ Very little | 26% | 21% | 5% |
42 | 🚫 None | 17% | 5% | 12% |
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44 | GovEffectivenessComparison: Compared to five years ago, California’s government is... | 1025 | 716 | |
45 | NET More effective | 23% | 17% | 5% |
46 | ⬆️ Much more effective | 5% | 2% | 3% |
47 | ⤴️ Slightly more effective | 18% | 15% | 3% |
48 | ➖ About the same | 35% | 50% | -15% |
49 | NET Less effective | 43% | 33% | 10% |
50 | ⤵️ Slightly less effective | 19% | 20% | -2% |
51 | ⬇️ Much less effective | 24% | 13% | 11% |
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53 | VotersProgressivenessPast: Thinking about California voters overall... Thinking about California voters overall... ⏪ Over the past 10 years they've become... | 1025 | 716 | |
54 | NET More progressive | 45% | 32% | 13% |
55 | 🔵 Much more progressive | 21% | 7% | 14% |
56 | 🔷 Somewhat more progressive | 24% | 25% | -1% |
57 | ➖ About the same | 28% | 30% | -2% |
58 | NET More conservative | 27% | 38% | -11% |
59 | 🔶 Somewhat more conservative | 23% | 36% | -14% |
60 | 🔴 Much more conservative | 4% | 2% | 2% |
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62 | PoliticalIdeologyFuture: Thinking about California voters overall... ⏩ Over the next 10 years they're likely to become... | 1025 | 716 | |
63 | NET More progressive | 43% | 30% | 13% |
64 | 🔵 Much more progressive | 17% | 5% | 12% |
65 | 🔷 Somewhat more progressive | 26% | 25% | 1% |
66 | ➖ About the same | 26% | 32% | -5% |
67 | NET More conservative | 31% | 38% | -7% |
68 | 🔶 Somewhat more conservative | 22% | 35% | -13% |
69 | 🔴 Much more conservative | 9% | 3% | 5% |
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71 | BestDaysOfCalifornia: If you had to pick, would you say California’s best days are... 🌅 | 1024 | 717 | |
72 | ⏩ Ahead of us | 45% | 57% | -12% |
73 | ⏪ Behind us | 55% | 43% | 12% |
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75 | RebuildPermittingRules: After the devastating fire in Los Angeles, Gov. Newsom suspended the usual permitting rules to make it easier to rebuild quickly. Should this order apply to all new housing starts in the state? | 1023 | 716 | |
76 | ✅ Yes, apply to all housing | 65% | 66% | 0% |
77 | ❌ No, keep the usual rules | 35% | 34% | 0% |
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79 | CAInfrastructure: Which major infrastructure project do you think is more likely to be completed? | 1024 | 718 | |
80 | Tunnel underneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to reroute water deliveries south to cities and farms | 58% | 68% | -10% |
81 | High-speed rail between SF and LA | 42% | 32% | 10% |
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83 | CAHSR: Do you support or oppose California continuing the state's high-speed rail project? | |||
84 | NET Support | 67% | 73% | -6% |
85 | 🚄 Strongly support | 29% | 43% | -13% |
86 | 🤝 Somewhat support | 37% | 30% | 7% |
87 | NET Oppose | 33% | 27% | 6% |
88 | 🤔 Somewhat oppose | 14% | 12% | 2% |
89 | 🚫 Strongly oppose | 20% | 16% | 4% |
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91 | CAWAIVER: Do you support California's ability to set its own stricter-than-federal vehicle emissions rules? | |||
92 | 🌟 Yes | 45% | 82% | -37% |
93 | ❌ No | 40% | 14% | 26% |
94 | 🤔 I don’t know | 15% | 4% | 11% |
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96 | [ASKED IF YES CAWAIVER] Withhold_Aid: Would you support California's ability to set stricter-than-federal vehicle emissions rules **even if**… 🤲 The Trump administration withholds disaster aid as a result | 500 | 587 | 587 |
97 | 🌟 Yes | 53% | 56% | -3% |
98 | ❌ No | 29% | 18% | 10% |
99 | 🤔 I don’t know | 19% | 26% | -7% |
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