Listen up, candidates for office in California: Independent voters care about the environment and progressive issues. A groundbreaking new Tulchin Research statewide poll of California voters who decline-to-state (DTS) an affiliation with any political party reveals the strong environmental and other progressive values of this poorly-understood but growing bloc of voters. The poll was commissioned [...]
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Candidates Take Note: New Poll Shows DTS Voters Are Conservationists, Progressives
December 20th, 2011 · Issues, News, Poll release
Tags:California DTS voters·California League of Conservation Voters·California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund·campaigns·candidates·CLCV·CLCV Ed Fund·conservationists·Decline to State·DTS voters·environmentalists·independent voters·independents·poll results·Polling·voter engagement
Tulchin Research Releases Poll Results on Millionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure
December 15th, 2011 · Company News, Issues, News, Poll release
A recent poll by Tulchin Research finds California voters strongly in favor of the Millionaires’ Tax ballot measure being advanced by the Restoring California Coalition. The proposal, which would raise $6 billion annually to restore funding to education and other essential services by raising the income tax rate on those with annual incomes over $1 [...]
Tags:1%·ballot measure·California·California ballot initiative·California proposition·millionaires tax·occupy·percent tax paid by the rich·state tax rate·statewide ballot initiative·statewide ballot proposition·tax initiative·tax rate paid by the rich·tax the 1%·tax the rich·tax the wealthy
Broad Coalition Files “Millionaires’ Tax” to Fund Education, Senior Services, Public Safety
December 6th, 2011 · Company News, Issues, News
— The Restoring California Coalition Yesterday Filed Title and Summary for the California Funding Restoration Act with the Attorney General Contact: Fred Glass, (510) 579-3343; fglasscft@gmail.com; Sabrina Smith, (323) 735-9515; ssmith@scopela.org; Ana Beatriz Cholo, (312) 927-4845; anabeatriz@couragecampaign.org. A broad coalition of educators, unions and community groups announced yesterday it is filing a ballot initiative to [...]
Tags:Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment·Asian Pacific Environmental Network·Ben Tulchin·Budget Cuts·California Calls·California Federation of Teachers·California Partnership·Causa Justa/ Just Cause·CAUSE·Communities for a New California·Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment·Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement·Courage Campaign·Dolores Huerta Foundation·Equality Alliance·Inner City Struggle·Knotts Family and Parenting Institute·millionaires tax·Mobilize the Immigrant Vote·Oakland Rising·PICO California·Poder Popular·progressive revenue·progressive tax·raise taxes·Restore Funding coalition·restore revenue·Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education·tax the rich·tax the wealthy·The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights·Tulchin Research·University of California Student Association·Warehouse Workers United·Working Partnerships USA
New Survey Shows Marin Voters Prefer Improving Services Over Another Round of Budget Cuts
December 5th, 2011 · Issues, Poll release
— CONTACT: Mary Ruth Gross, (415) 479-6270 San Rafael, CA – A recent survey of likely voters in Marin County found that if given the choice, they would opt to improve county services over further shrinking county government. The survey’s findings are especially timely as department heads move to cut the county budget by another [...]
Tags:Budget Cuts·MAPE·Marin·Marin Association of Public Employees·Marin County·Marin Coutywide survey·Poll release·public employee union·Public Employees·public sector·services
Our Progressive Coalition Featured on the Huffington Post
November 28th, 2011 · Company News, Issues, News
We are very proud to participate in this newly-formed coalition with some of the best progressive organizations in California to pass a “tax the wealthy” ballot initiative! From an article that Dolores Huerta wrote on the Huffington Post: “2012 stands as a monumental year for California. Conservative ideologues have hatched a ballot measure which they [...]
Tags:2012 ballot·ballot initiative·Ben Tulchin·California·California 2012·California Budget·California Calls·California Federation of Teachers·California Labor Federation·Center for Social Inclusion·Courage Campaign·Demos·Dolores Huerta·Dolores Huerta Foundation·Liberty Hill·make the rich pay their fair share·People Improving Communities through Organizing·PICO·progressive tax·Revenue·SEIU·state income tax·tax the rich·tax the wealthy·taxation ballot initiative·Tulchin Research
Statewide Poll Shows Strong Public Support For Teachers, Public Employees & Their Right to Bargain Collectively
April 5th, 2011 · Issues, News, Poll release
– A recent statewide poll, commissioned by the California Federation of Teachers, finds a solid majority of likely voters in California have a favorable opinion of public employees and support their right to engage in collective bargaining. From the CFT’s press release: In the aftermath of major demonstrations by labor unions on Monday to honor [...]
Tags:California·California Federation of Teachers·California Statewide Poll·CFT·Poll release·Public Employees
The Battle of Wisconsin Comes to California
April 4th, 2011 · Issues, News, Poll release
– New Polls Finds Californians Reject Wisconsin-style Anti-Worker Agenda A new Tulchin Research poll finds voters in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa, CA strongly oppose a plan by the City Council to outsource city services and lay-off nearly half of the city’s workforce.
Tags:Budget·Budget Cuts·Costa Mesa·OCEA·Orange County·Poll release·Public Employees
California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Raising Taxes on the Wealthy to Help Balance the Budget
March 31st, 2011 · Issues, News, Poll release
– A new Tulchin Research poll conducted on behalf of the California Federation of Teachers finds that California voters strongly support increasing taxes on the wealthy as a way to balance the state’s budget without additional cuts to essential services.
Tags:Budget·California·California Federation of Teachers·California Statewide Poll·Election 2011·Jerry Brown·Poll release·Revenue·State Budget·State Revenue
