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Press Release: 58% of Californians say they’d be better off if California peacefully seceded
Carlsbad, CA: Do Californians long to change their relationship with the U.S., but don’t know how to ask for it? According to a new poll, the answer is yes.
Book Review: Splitsville USA
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”
“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!”
Why I filed an amicus brief with California’s Supreme Court
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”
Help fund The Independent Californian Poll
UPDATE: Thanks to your generous donations, the first ever comprehensive, scientific poll about California independence will start on Monday, Feb. 5.
Democracy Deserts data cited in immigrant voting rights report
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”
Democracy Deserts: California Cities (2017-2021 ACS data)
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?
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”
Connecting California: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Campaign for Democracy’ Has a Democracy Problem
Data on “democracy deserts” provided by C.C. Marin of the Independent California Institute show that more than 22.1% of voting-age adults in Los Angeles can’t vote. A quarter of voters in cities as different as Cupertino, Anaheim, and my mom’s hometown of Hawthorne are disenfranchised.