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Ventura County Star: The ‘Calexit’ sentiment might be rising

ICI March 21, 2024

68% of Californians believe they would be better off than they are now if the state negotiated for itself a “special autonomous status within the U.S.” and arranged for transfer of almost all federal land and water infrastructure here to state and local governments. More than a supermajority, then, want at least special standing.

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Why other secession pollsters should give peace a chance

C.C. Marin March 11, 2024

What could explain an almost thirty-point gap between two polls on the same subject run in the same month by the same reputable polling agency?

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Newsweek: Most Californians Believe They’d Be Happier if State Seceded

ICI February 27, 2024

While many reject the idea of state secession as a fantasy of just a few, a new survey revealed that a majority of Californians feel they’d be happier if their state was no longer part of the United States.

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58% of Californians say they’d be better off if California peacefully seceded

ICI February 26, 2024

We have topline (overall) results from The Independent California Poll!

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Book Review: Splitsville USA

P. Steffen February 12, 2024

The author of this remarkable book, Christopher Zurn, is a professor of philosophy at UMass Boston and describes his work as “research in social and “Book Review: Splitsville USA”

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“The chillest secession poll ever”—Read the script!

C.C. Marin February 11, 2024

YouGov is about two-thirds of the way through collecting data for The Independent Californian Poll, and we should have results for you all in the ““The chillest secession poll ever”—Read the script!”

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Why I filed an amicus brief with California’s Supreme Court

C.C. Marin February 3, 2024

Last Monday, I filed an amicus brief with the California Supreme Court, in the case Legislature v. Weber (S281977). The case attempts to determine whether “Why I filed an amicus brief with California’s Supreme Court”

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Help fund The Independent Californian Poll

ICI December 14, 2023

UPDATE: Thanks to your generous donations, the first ever comprehensive, scientific poll about California independence will start on Monday, Feb. 5.

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Democracy Deserts data cited in immigrant voting rights report

ICI September 28, 2023

Our data was cited on page 34 of Immigrant Voting and the Movement for Inclusion in San Francisco, a joint publication of Chinese for Affirmative “Democracy Deserts data cited in immigrant voting rights report”

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Democracy Deserts: California Cities (2017-2021 ACS data)

ICI September 11, 2023

What if a city held an election, and less than half the adults who lived in that city were allowed to vote? Would you call that city a democracy?

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