Field Poll

California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses pension reform during a news conference on August 28, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Field Poll Shows Narrow Majority Support Gov. Brown’s Tax Initiative

New polling found a slim majority of California voters favor tax-hike initiative the governor placed on the November ballot.

2012/09/20

Californians Favor Obama Over Romney By Wide Margin

A new Field Poll shows likely voters in California overwhelmingly favor President Barack Obama over Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

2012/09/19

A general view of a race and sports book at a Las Vegas casino. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Californians Favor Legalizing Sports Betting To Help Balance Budget

Why limit gambling on sports to the Vegas casinos when our state could make millions in taxes from it? That’s the current thinking in New Jersey, New York, and now California.

2012/07/13

California Governor Jerry Brown. (Max Whittaker/Getty Images)

Field Poll Suggests Gov. Brown Losing Ground With Californians

The Field Poll also shows most voters continue to give the State Legislature poor marks. Only 19% of respondents approve of the job being done by lawmakers while 64% disapprove.

2012/06/08

JayDanny Cooper urges Alabama residents to vote in the primary along the side of a highway March 13, 2012 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Historic Low Turnout Expected In California For Presidential Primary

A new Field Poll has found that only 35 percent of Californians are expected to vote in Tuesday’s statewide presidential primary.

2012/06/05

Poll Shows California Voters Support Tobacco Tax, Term Limits Measures

California voters appear ready to approve two statewide initiatives on the June 5 ballot, Proposition 28 to shorten legislator term limits and Proposition 29 to increase cigarette taxes, according to a new poll.

2012/05/31

Same-sex couple Molly McKay (R) and Davina Kotulski (L) after they staged a sit-in protest when same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses from the San Francisco county clerk in February, 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Poll Shows 6 In 10 California Voters Support Same-Sex Marriage

A new poll finds that six out of every 10 voters in California now support allowing same-sex couples to get married, a significant increase since the state voted to ban same-sex marriage a little more than two years ago.

2012/02/29

California State Capitol in Sacramento (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California Voters Still Approve Of Governor Brown, But Not Legislature

The latest Field Poll showed that 66 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the job of legislators in California.

2012/02/25

Field Poll: Californians Support Millionaire’s Tax Over Other Proposals

A new Field Poll finds California’s registered voters are most likely to support a so-called millionaire’s tax rather than two other tax initiatives proposed for the November ballot.

2012/02/24