Veteran California political data expert Paul Mitchell joins us to talk about his recent CA120 column examining shifting behavior by California's Latino and Asian voters. Turns out that Asian voters are becoming more Democratic while Latinos move slightly toward the GOP. We also look at California's confusing Presidential Primary ballot, and the recent Berkeley IGS Poll that found Rep. Barbara Lee in fourth place - behind Republican Steve Garvey - in the race to fill Sen. Feinstein's seat. Plus, Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics?
Veteran California political data expert Paul Mitchell joins us to talk about his recent CA120 column examining shifting behavior by California's Latino and Asian voters. Turns out that Asian voters are becoming more Democratic while Latinos move slightly toward the GOP. We also look at California's confusing Presidential Primary ballot, and the recent Berkeley IGS Poll that found Rep. Barbara Lee in fourth place - behind Republican Steve Garvey - in the race to fill Sen. Feinstein's seat. Plus, Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics?
:58 Shift in voting behavior for Asians and Latinos
3:15 Vietnamese voting patterns
4:12 Mike Madrid mention
5:49 So, why the changes?
6:52 Capitol Weekly polling on Primary?
8:18 How do changes in voting demographics affect Independents
9:51 The confusing CA Presidential Primary
11:39 250K former GOP voters won't see Pres. Donald Trump on their Primary ballot
12:23 Implications for Senate race
14:54 Impact of mail in voting
17:21 A failure of Civics education?
20:08 The Berkeley IGS Poll: Senate Primary
23:13 Will Steve Garvey be the top voter getter in the March primary?
29:29 The races to replace Lee, Porter and Schiff
31:45 WWCA: A Bay Area two-fer
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