California voters deeply frustrated by length of November ballot, state and nation's direction

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Set us as preferred Californians are deeply frustrated with the length of the November ballot, which includes 14 statewide propositions, and gloomy about the direction of the state and the nation, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll published Tuesday night.They “are feeling very pessimistic,” said Mark Baldassare, PPIC’s statewide survey director.“You know that comes out not just in the questions we ask about the economy, but generally about the direction of the state and the nation.

This just indicates the level of negativity that people have going into this final stage before people cast their ballots this November.”More than half of the state’s likely voters believe that California is headed in the wrong direction, and 73% predict sour economic times in the state next year.Less than a quarter of likely voters believe the nation is headed in the right direction.President Trump has an approval rating of 27% of likely voters, but that’s better than Congress, which has a 16% approval rating.

Majorities do not have confidence in either major political party’s ability to solve problems.Ballots will begin arriving in 23.2 million voters’ mailboxes in a little over two weeks.Nearly 80% of likely voters are frustrated by the length of the ballot, which includes 14 propositions as well as statewide, congressional and local elections.

This a rare consensus among Democratic, Republican and independent voters.“This year, there are more propositions on the ballot than we’ve seen for a decade,” Baldassare said.“Overwhelming majorities of Californians say that there are too many propositions on the ballot, too many things for them to decide.

And many Californians feel that the wording of ballot initiatives makes it very hard for them to understand what happens if one passes.” California ...