Politics

The latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times national poll shows nearly half of voters back a Medicare-like option and a majority wants a ban and buyback program for certain semi-automatic guns. Also, former Vice President Joe Biden holds a steady lead ahead of the third Democratic primary debate, though many voters remain undecided. [6 min read]

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The latest USC Dornsife/LA Times poll, overseen by the new Center for the Political Future at USC Dornsife, also finds that Democrats have an edge over Republicans in a generic U.S. House matchup in the runup to the midterm elections, and that Democrats say news coverage of President Trump motivates them to vote. [6 1/2 min read]

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President Trump’s approval rating remains low and largely unchanged from November, while a majority of all Californians and a growing number of people representing the diversity of the state — including Democrats, Republicans and even Trump supporters — think that things in California are going in the right direction.