The Role of Public Opinion on the California Governor’s Recall in 2003

Populism, Partisanship, and Direct Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID6179868
AuthorsMark Baldassare (Public Policy Institute of California, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume33
Issue2
Pages163-186
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Politics Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532673x04271680
OpenAlexW2081237831
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

The article examines the role of public opinion during the California governor’s recall in 2003 compared to partisanship and ideology. In the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Surveys, most Californians reported that their state was headed in the wrong direction, whereas relatively few said that they trusted state government, and most said that they disapproved of the way the governor was handling his job. Californians reported that they liked the recall process in concept, and about one half said that they were pleased with its current use and satisfied with the replacement candidates. The author finds that public support for the recall was consistent over time and related to negative political attitudes and positive recall attitudes when controlling for other factors. The implications for the future use and success of recalls and on what political science has to say about the role of populism and partisanship in the direct democracy movement are discussed

Democracy · Direct democracy · Governor · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Recall · Sociology · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics

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