Ballot Measure Recap: What 2020's Results Tell Us About Californians' Political Values

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The majority of California voters may label themselves liberal or progressive, but some of the results of statewide propositions in last week’s election may suggest otherwise. The initiative to repeal a ban on affirmative action failed. California voted to restore voting rights to former felons, but against other criminal justice reforms, like doing away with cash bail. And the effort to hike taxes on commercial properties to fund schools failed. Meanwhile, Californians chose mostly Democratic candidates while voting overwhelmingly to send Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris to the White House. They also sent more Democrats to Sacramento, which will solidify their supermajority in the California Legislature. We’ll discuss the results of the California ballot measures and what they say about where the state stands politically in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.1	Coming up on forum, the outcome of state propositions has inspired a lot of headlines,
1:19.7	like California isn't as liberal as you think.
1:22.9	Voters turned down an opportunity to repeal the ban on affirmative action.
1:26.4	They sided with corporations
1:27.9	against a state labor law and rejected increasing taxes on commercial properties, all while
1:33.8	voting overwhelmingly to send Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House. But longtime residents
1:39.4	will tell you that California voters have always been complicated with competing priorities. And in this hour,
1:46.6	we'll look at how that played out in 2020. Join us.
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2:03.6	California voters may be going 65% for Biden Harris and poised to help Democrats broaden their supermajorities in the state legislature.
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