March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed When word came out Thursday night that a new PPIC poll showed the public was against the bullet train fiasco, I wasn't surprised. But only 54 percent? Wow. Here's John Myers' account: "The survey from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California finds vir...
Posts Tagged ‘PPIC’Only 54% oppose bullet train? SheeshThursday, March 21st, 2013Poll Softening Up Voters For Split Roll TaxSaturday, December 8th, 2012 Dec. 8, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi “Ignorance is strength.” –- George Orwell California’s opinion polling has deteriorated to “measuring the public’s satisfaction with its ignorance” fed to them by pollsters. That is the only conclusion that can be made from the recent opinion... Prop. 13 ‘split roll’ looms: Karma for Chamber of Commerce?Friday, December 7th, 2012Nov. 7, 2012 By Chris Reed For years, the California Chamber of Commerce has had a squishy aversion to confrontation and a comfort level with Sacramento's machine politicians that should inflame any small-government conservative. What has this toadying and willingness to fight against construc... Unhappy Californians unwilling to changeMonday, September 24th, 2012Sept. 24, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- California residents are depressed about the economy and see little hope for change in the near future, yet they seem more reluctant than ever to change the current high-tax, union-dominated political course that has led to the struggling economy... PPIC poll ignores big drop in support for Brown’s taxWednesday, May 30th, 2012May 30, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A recent California opinion poll selectively reports data only in favor of Gov. Brown’s tax increase proposal on the November 2012 ballot. Conversely, it ignores data indicating growing opposition to Brown’s package of income and sales tax increases. The M... Dueling demographers: When will CA’s population hit 50 million?Wednesday, April 25th, 2012April 25, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When will California’s population “pop” at 50 million persons? Two recent studies conducted by the Population Dynamics Research Group at the University of Souther California and the Public Policy Institute of California differ widely in their conclusion... Tax Polls Irrelevant NowWednesday, January 25th, 2012John Seiler: Joel Fox makes some good points about the recent PPIC poll on tax increases. Supposedly the poll showed big margins of folks backing tax increases. But Fox pointed out that the recent Republican poll numbers in the primary season have changed rapidly within just a few days. There ... I Predicted No $4 Billion Rev. BoostMonday, August 8th, 2011 John Seiler: All along this year's state budget farce, I predicted that the state was not going to get the extra $4 billion the phony budget anticipated from a strong economic recovery. My reason: There was no recovery. Just a week ago I noted: The 2011-12 budget passed by the Democrats in th... Support for Cuts & Taxes Drops to 40%Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 JUNE 2, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI There is a mix of old news and new news in the results of a new opinion poll about the budget by the Public Policy Institute of California. The poll found exactly the same result as a poll conducted last month: only 9 percent of the public indicates it favors... PPIC Downplays Bad CA Biz ClimateMonday, April 18th, 2011 APRIL 18, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI You can’t eat California’s mild weather, but you can tax it. That seems to be the consensus online opinion of the average Joe and Jane about a study released last week that concluded that California’s weather assets offset the many negative ratings abou... |