Paul Mitchell: Changing voter demographics; Plus the Senate Primary

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Veteran California political data expert Paul Mitchell joins us to talk about his recent CA120 column examining shifting behavior by California’s Latino and Asian voters. Turns out that Asian voters are becoming more Democratic while Latinos move slightly toward the GOP. We also look at California’s confusing Presidential Primary ballot, and the recent Berkeley IGS Poll that found Rep. Barbara Lee in fourth place – behind Republican Steve Garvey – in the race to fill Sen. Feinstein’s seat. Plus, Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics?

:58 Shift in voting behavior for Asians and Latinos

3:15 Vietnamese voting patterns

4:12 Mike Madrid mention

5:49 So, why the changes?

6:52 Capitol Weekly polling on Primary?

8:18 How do changes in voting demographics affect Independents

9:51 The confusing CA Presidential Primary

11:39 250K former GOP voters won’t see Pres. Donald Trump on their Primary ballot

12:23 Implications for Senate race

14:54 Impact of mail in voting

17:21 A failure of Civics education?

20:08 The Berkeley IGS Poll: Senate Primary

23:13 Will Steve Garvey be the top voter getter in the March primary?

29:29 The races to replace Lee, Porter and Schiff

31:45 WWCA: A Bay Area two-fer