The Golden State's nonpartisan primary system allows all voters to participate in this November's legislative races, offering a unique test of how DSA-backed candidates compete when elections aren't decided in closed Democratic primaries.
Voter ID. A billionaire tax and two measures designed to counter it. A nonpartisan Secretary of State. And a constitutional right for every eligible voter to participate in publicly funded elections. Here is what California’s independent-minded voters need to know.
San Francisco's Democratic Party refused to endorse a one-time wealth tax on billionaires, creating a rare public split with the state party and exposing tensions between the party's moderate and DSA-aligned wings.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses his defiance of California Democratic Party pressure to drop out of the governor's race and his critique of party strategy and fiscal policy.
Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco chairs the California Assembly's Rules Committee, giving her significant power over which bills get hearings, how quickly they move, and whether laws take effect immediately.
IVP's producer shares her journey from green card to US citizen, revealing how naturalization has become harder under the Trump administration, including processing delays and tense border encounters.
Chad, Ethan, and Cara sit down with political strategist Mike Madrid, author of The Latino Century, to unpack why Latino voters have become the fastest-growing bloc of independent voters in America.
In this episode of Independent Voter Podcast, Chad, Shawn, and Cara break down the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race and the explosive controversy surrounding ballot harvesting in California.
Political outsiders and independent voters shaped the outcome, debunking the disinformation campaign pushed by establishment party insiders who manufactured a fear narrative about two Republicans potentially advancing.
A majority of California Latino voters say they want to keep the nonpartisan Top Two primary or modify it to advance more than two candidates to the general election. They don't want the state to go back to closed primaries.
