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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government, September 2024 – Time Trends, All Adults

17 Sep 2024

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way that the California Legislature is handling its job? Unweighted approve disapprove don’t know (vol) n Sep 2024 47% 50% 3% 1585 Jun 2024 40% 57% 3% 1671 Feb 2024 43% 54% 3% 1619 Dec 2023 45% 52% 3% 1651 Sep 2023 46% 52% 2% 1657 Jul 2023 52% 47% 0% 1722 Jun 2023 49% 49% 2% 1563 Feb 2023 49% 48% 3% 1534 Oct 2022 49% 37% 14% 1693 Sep 2022 49% 39% 12% 16. [...] Do you think things in California are generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction? wrong Unweighted right direction direction don’t know (vol) n Sep 2024 43% 55% 2% 1590 Jun 2024 36% 62% 2% 1669 Feb 2024 41% 57% 2% 1621 Dec 2023 41% 58% 1% 1650 Nov 2023 41% 57% 2% 2241 Sep 2023 44% 55% 1% 1660 Jun 2023 45% 54% 1% 1567 Feb 2023 49% 49% 2% 1537 Oct 2022 47% 48% 5% 1689 Sep 2022 50%. [...] How much of the time do you think you can trust the state government in Sacramento today to do that is right—just about always, most of the time, or only some of the time? just about most of the only some of none of the Unweighted always time the time time (vol) don’t know (vol) n Sep 2024 5% 37% 57% 0% 1% 1593 Feb 2024 6% 34% 58% 1% 2% 1622 Feb 2023 8% 38% 53% 0% 1% 1538 Sep 2021 12% 35% 43% 8% 3. [...] Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way that Joe Biden is handling his job as president of the United States? Unweighted approve disapprove don’t know (vol) n Sep 2024 48% 51% 2% 1581 Jun 2024 42% 56% 2% 1664 Feb 2024 42% 56% 2% 1610 Dec 2023 47% 52% 1% 1636 Sep 2023 49% 49% 2% 1646 Jul 2023 50% 50% 0% 1718 Jun 2023 51% 47% 2% 1559 Feb 2023 53% 45% 2% 1523 Oct 2022 53% 43% 4% 1694 Sep 202. [...] How much of the time do you think you can trust the federal government in Washington today to do what is right—just about always, most of the time, or only some of the time? just about most of the only some of none of the Unweighted always time the time time (vol) don’t know (vol) n Sep 2024 4% 27% 67% 1% 2% 1587 Feb 2024 3% 24% 71% 1% 1% 1619 Feb 2023 2% 30% 66% 0% 1% 1532 May 2022 5% 20% 60% 12%.

Authors

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lauren Mora, and Deja Thomas

Pages
37
Published in
United States of America

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