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Expect to be inundated with poll numbers from now until Election Day. But how reliable a compass is any poll?

Election 2018, Politics

A California user’s guide to political polls: Six easy tips

by Ben Christopher November 1, 2018June 23, 2020

You may rightly wonder: What kind of statistical black magic is performed behind the scenes to produce any given poll? Here’s what to keep in mind:

A key labor union pulled its endorsement of Democrat Katie Porter in a hot Orange County Congressional race over her opposition to California’s gas tax hike.

Election 2018, Politics, Transportation

Democrat Katie Porter’s opposition to gas tax costs her labor endorsement

by Dan Morain October 1, 2018June 23, 2020