{"id":8616,"date":"2023-03-02T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2023-03-02T15:43:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T23:43:39","slug":"poll-paints-mixed-picture-of-californians-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8616","title":{"rendered":"Poll Paints Mixed Picture of Californian’s Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Quinnipiac University poll<\/a> of registered California voters was released yesterday. \u00a0 While the survey was heavily focused on political views with questions about Governor Gavin Newsom running for president, which democrat should replace Senator Dianne Feinstein and how they feel about Vice President Kamala Harris, there were other responses that indicate discontent by voters of all political stripes regarding how state government is serving them.\u00a0 Pollsters report a sample size of around 1,000 registered voters telephoned randomly, with respondents weighted to reflect the political and human demographics of the state.\u00a0\u00a0 Of great significance is what questions are asked, and whether there was built-in bias.\u00a0 When asked if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in California, a whopping 57% were somewhat or very dissatisfied, including 32% of democrats and 63% of independents.\u00a0 64% of respondents are opposed to giving prison inmates the right to vote, including almost half of democrats and 70% of independents.\u00a0 A democrat-supported bill is currently moving through the California Legislature would allow inmate voting.<\/p>\n

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When asked what issues were the most urgent, the issues listed in the poll are of importance.\u00a0 The survey listed gun violence, climate change, abortion, inflation, unemployment, homelessness, immigration, health care, racial inequality, schools, affordable housing, taxes and crime.\u00a0 Homelessness was the top choice, with 22%.\u00a0 This was followed by affordable housing (17%) and inflation (10%).\u00a0 Almost none of the respondents were concerned about abortion, health care, racial inequality, and only 8% were concerned about climate change.\u00a0 These are the top political issues for democrats including the Governor, Legislature and city leaders.\u00a0 Crime came in at 8% with gun violence getting 5%.<\/p>\n

45% of respondents felt that they cannot afford to live in California, including over a third of democrats and 54% of independents.\u00a0 43% indicated that if they had the money, they would move out of the state.\u00a0 This included a quarter of democrats and 47% of independents.<\/p>\n

The poll took a deeper dive on some of the issues they listed as possible concerns.\u00a0 When respondents were asked how serious they felt homelessness was, 98% said serious or very serious.\u00a0 When asked if the state was doing enough to address the problem 69% said not enough.\u00a0 Last year the state set aside $7.2 billion to deal with homelessness, not counting the millions that cities and counties spent.\u00a0 Recent surveys indicate that California’s homeless population increased<\/em> last year.\u00a0 The poll asked if respondents felt that immigration was good or bad for the country.\u00a0 67% said good.\u00a0 This question did not distinguish legal immigration from illegal immigration.\u00a0 The next question, on whether the state was doing enough to protect “undocumented” immigrants, received 39% responding that the state was\u00a0 doing too much.\u00a0 40% of independents felt that way.\u00a0\u00a0 When\u00a0 asked if California has effective border security, 53% said no, including a quarter of democrats and 63% of independents.\u00a0 These responses suggest that had the poll had asked if illegal<\/em> immigration was good for the country the response may well have been negative.<\/p>\n

Other questions raise similar concerns.\u00a0 When asked if voters would support or oppose stricter gun laws, 58% said yes.\u00a0 41% of independents said no.\u00a0 How many of the respondents understand that California has the strictest gun laws in the country?<\/p>\n

When asked if they would support or oppose a ban on assault weapons, 61% said yes.\u00a0 California\u00a0 already has a ban on fully automatic weapons, which is what most people would consider to be an assault weapon.\u00a0 If the question had distinguished between fully-automatic military-style weapons from the average pistol, which is semi-automatic, the answers might have been different.<\/p>\n

The question of whether respondents would support limits on where people could carry guns (66% said yes) ignored that there are already many limits on where guns are allowed.\u00a0 Places such as schools and theaters are attractive to crazies who want to kill lots of people for the very reason that law-abiding people are not allowed to carry guns in these places.\u00a0 When asked whether or not people under 21-years-old should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon, 77% responded no.\u00a0 It is already illegal to carry a concealed weapon in California if you’re under 21.<\/p>\n

When asked if gun violence is a crisis in California 55% of democrats replied yes, but only 42% overall thought so.\u00a0 Had the respondents been asked if violent crime was a crisis, I suspect that the numbers would have been higher.\u00a0 “Gun violence,” by the way, is a term used by anti-gun democrats to reinforce their effort to eliminate the Second Amendment.\u00a0 Apparently more republicans and independents were wise to this with majorities responding that it is a problem but not a crisis.<\/p>\n

Public opinion polling is notoriously inexact, especially these days when most people won’t talk to pollsters.\u00a0 Asking questions which lead people to a particular response or paint an incomplete picture contribute to inaccuracy.<\/p>\n

Quinnipiac claims to be the “gold standard” of polling.\u00a0 That said, even with its flaws, their recent poll shows that most Californians don’t feel very good about how the state is being governed.\u00a0\u00a0 I’d be surprised if the state’s leaders see it that way.<\/p>\n

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A Quinnipiac University poll of registered California voters was released yesterday. \u00a0 While the survey was heavily focused on political views with questions about Governor Gavin Newsom running for president, which democrat should replace Senator Dianne Feinstein and how they feel about Vice President Kamala Harris, there were other responses that indicate discontent by voters of all political stripes regarding how state government is serving them.\u00a0 Pollsters report a sample size of around 1,000 registered voters telephoned randomly, with respondents weighted to reflect the political and human demographics of the state.\u00a0\u00a0 Of great significance is what questions are asked, and whether there was built-in bias.\u00a0 When asked if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in California, a whopping 57% were somewhat or very dissatisfied, including 32% of democrats and 63% of independents.\u00a0 64% of respondents are opposed to giving prison inmates the right to vote, including almost half of democrats and 70% of independents.\u00a0 A democrat-supported bill is currently moving through the California Legislature would allow inmate voting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polls"],"yoast_head":"\nPoll Paints Mixed Picture of Californian's Views - 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