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CA primary returns are challenging convention. We analyzed early turnout. A 2026 strategy based on 2022 may be modeling the wrong electorate.
📈 Latino turnout is surging
👥 The electorate is getting younger
🗳️ Prop 50 set a new turnout high-water mark Voterforce.ai/surge
Oakland map of Lee v Taylor with housing data, and 2026 Prop E alongside 2024 Prop NN parcel tax results. The takeaway: Homeownership is a strong predictor of Oakland voting behavior with a near-total collapse in parcel tax support since NN passed in 24. voterforce.ai/oakland-mayor/…
Republicans hold zero statewide offices and less than 24% of registration, but lead in the gubernatorial race and their conservative priorities dominate statewide propositions. What happened?
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Contra Costa’s Emerging Investment Coalition
The mood of these investment coalition voters will determine the outcome of California’s most consequential ballot measures in 2026.
Read the VoterForce analysis here:
What Contra Costa County Says About Latino Trump Voters in 2026
Contra Costa County is emerging as a bellwether of statewide election trends. Here, campaigns are asking if Latino gains made in 2024 can hold without Trump on the ballot.
Read the VoterForce analysis here:
What If Texas Turnout Happened Here in June?
Texas just ran its 2026 primary. Latino Democratic turnout doubled. Here is what that looks like applied precinct-by-precinct in Contra Costa County.
Read the VoterForce analysis here:
What Prop 50 Told Us About Contra Costa Voters.
Precincts that rejected Prop 50 in 2025 are the communities that will determine the outcome of 2026’s most competitive local and statewide races.
Read the VoterForce Analysis here:
As organizers collect signatures for the Bay Area transportation funding measure, field deployment matters as much as messaging. This Voterforce map highlights commute burden, voter density, and Latino population, helping organizers make key decisions.
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As Voterforce integrates Alameda County Prop 50 returns, here are our takeaways:
1. New lines. Still solidly Democratic.
2. Concentrated zones of Latino voters.
3. Activation beats ideology.
Watch our video: youtube.com/watch?v=jgFYU3…
Analyze results at voterforce.ai
Labor group pushing California's billionaire tax will begin collecting signatures for it this week to try to get it on November ballot.
When asked to respond to criticism from billionaires, SEIU-UHW's Suzanne Jimenez called arguments "chicken little"
kcra.com/article/labor-…
California Politics 360 - Jan. 4th:
•SEIU-UHW’s @SuzanneJimenez on her proposed billionaire tax
•Asm. @maggykrell & Acacia Justice’s Shaina Aber with update on child sex trafficking & immigration
•@ChrisMicheli on CALeg’s return + Gov. Newsom’s final year
See you Sunday!
Welcome back to Session! Lots happening this week at the State Capitol!
Here is the link to this week’s Micheli Minute posted on the Capitol Weekly website:
capitolweekly.net/the-micheli-mi…
Welcome to 2026! An even year=election=BALLOT MEASURES
Confused about California's initiative landscape? Here's where we're at:politi.co/3YlXQhU via @politico
A gubernatorial election, Newsom's pending presidential campaign, the battle over the National Guard deployment: How 2026 could shift California's relationship with President Trump
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Per this AM's @politicoca playbook, Democrats Katie Porter & Eric Swalwell each raised over $3M in the back half of 2025 for their campaigns for California governor, though Swalwell didn't enter the race until late November.
No cash on hand figures yet.
politico.com/newsletters/ca…
This is a Voterforce map of Prop 50 results in San Francisco. We can see that
1. Affordability concerns continue.
2. Latino conservatives show up.
The takeaway? Pragmatic candidates who speak to Latino voters and high costs get votes. Watch the full video youtu.be/-6wyzDv3adc
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