The Los Angeles Times reports that more than one million Californians, mostly young people and members of minority groups, voted for the first time in 2008. An article takes a look at the “uphill battle” to get them back to the polls in 2010. Part of the local effort is a campaign by Organizing for [...]

UPDATE: Yesterday, Gallup released a poll showing Democrats leading Republicans in a generic ballot. The results were a reversal from just a month ago. Now the Quinnipiac poll shows just the opposite result — Republicans leading Democrats — and also reflects a reversal from a month ago. What gives? The polls agree that Republicans lead [...]

The California Democratic Party has adopted a neutral position on Proposition 19. Many favor the measure, but opponents cited one overriding concern: a yes vote could damage statewide candidates in competitive races.
Read the story from the Los Angeles Times.

Charles Krauthammer, a conservative columnist for The Washington Post and no friend of Democrats or the Obama administration, has written a commentary that is getting widely noted in the political blogosphere. It warns Republicans “Don’t underestimate Barack Obama.” It calls the legislative accomplishments of the administration “historic” and says they begin “one of the most [...]

The Sierra Club has endorsed EDC members and candidates for Escondido City Council Richard Barron and Jason Everitt. The Sierra Club is the nation’s largest environmental organization with 1.3 million members nationwide.
“I am deeply honored to received the endorsement of the Sierra Club,” Everitt said. “Escondido is the gateway to the most precious openspace in North [...]

A paper by the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, cites demographic voting and population trends to conclude that voting by Democratic groups is increasing, while voting by conservative groups is decreasing, in state after state. This, coupled with the growth of ethnic minority groups and the trend of young people toward more [...]

The New York Times Political Memo connected the dots to observe that the economy is recovering faster in some key parts of the country where Democrats need help to hold on to seats in Congress, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. It’s still an uphill fight, but jobs and spending trends are helping.
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The latest report from California Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office shows Democratic voter registration is up and Republican registration is down. Statewide, Democratic registrations have increased from 42.7 percent to 44.5 percent. Republican registrations have decreased from 34.4 percent to 30.8 percent. Decline to state registrations have increased from 18.5 percent to 20.2 percent. [...]