We’re in the process of commissioning our second scientific poll on California independence. Please try out a draft version of the poll and leaving your “Take a sneak peak at TIC Poll #2!”
Category: Opinion Polling
Democracy Local: How to Achieve Local Autonomy
Fully 68% of Californians believe that California would be better off if California negotiated a special autonomous status within the U.S., according to a poll that my think tank, the Independent California Institute, commissioned from YouGov earlier this year…. Why might Californians want more independence from the federal government?
Data release: the Independent California Poll
As promised, here is all the raw data behind the Independent California Poll. If you use this data, please give us and the pollster credit, “Data release: the Independent California Poll”
Only United In Name: Round-Up of Recent Doings
Richard Kreitner, author of the book Break It Up, gave ICI a shout-out in his recent newsletter:
A more insightful survey was conducted (also by YouGov) for the Independent California Institute, whose director, Coyote Marin, reached out to me after reading Break It Up. What I like about the ICI is…
Who are the Californians who want independence?
If you wanted to organize a mass movement around greater independence for California, who should you organize? Demographic data from our poll shows some surprising answers.
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Why other secession pollsters should give peace a chance
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?
58% of Californians say they’d be better off if California peacefully seceded
We have topline (overall) results from The Independent California Poll!
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“The chillest secession poll ever”—Read the script!
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!”
Test drive our California independence survey!
UPDATE: Thanks for all your feedback! We’ve moved on to the next step, commissioning a scientific poll, and we need your financial support! The Independent “Test drive our California independence survey!”
Poll: liberals feel more Californian, conservatives feel more American
People sometimes assume because California is a U.S. state, our identity as Californians implies that we also automatically identify as Americans. But this isn’t always “Poll: liberals feel more Californian, conservatives feel more American”