An internal poll conducted earlier this month by Alameda County supervisorial candidate Melissa Hernandez’s campaign reveals all four candidates in the District 1 are in a statistical dead-heat with just one week before vote-by-mail ballots begin appearing in mailboxes. The… Read More ›
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With low teacher pay, Alameda USD did polling for a parcel tax. The results are passable
Alamedans strongly believe their teachers are underpaid, but support for a proposed parcel tax measure on the March 2020 primary ballot is at or below the two-thirds majority required for it to be a success at the ballot box, according… Read More ›
Someone is doing polling in CA15, and it appears to be Swalwell. Was he spooked by the results?
Within two weeks of Eric Swalwell announcing he was dropping out of the presidential primary race and seeking re-election to his congressional seat, polling was being conducted in the Tri-Valley that floated a number of challengers for his 15th District… Read More ›
Swalwell, Harris to debate Biden, Sanders, Buttigieg, others on June 28
Two Democratic presidential candidates with ties to the East Bay will join the second night of two much-anticipated debates on June 27-28. East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, along with Kamala Harris, a former Alameda County prosecutor, (Swalwell is also), will… Read More ›
With deadline near, Swalwell may back into slot on presidential debate stage
It appears Rep. Eric Swalwell is on the cusp of backing into a spot at the podium for two Democratic presidential debates later this month in Miami, despite not being able to procure 65,000 individual donations, a requirement that guarantees… Read More ›
Swalwell says Fox News won’t give him a presidential town hall. Also, his personal finances come under scrutiny
Things just keep getting worse for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s presidential campaign. On the day Swalwell failed to register any support in a presidential poll conducted by Fox News, he told CNN that the rival conservative cable news network was not… Read More ›
Swalwell on Trump polling charade
The more we dig, the more we find…—Rep. Eric Swalwell on Twitter Thursday reacting to reports Michael Cohen attempted to rig CNBC and Drudge Report polling to favor the Trump campaign.
Swalwell struggles in expansive presidential straw poll
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Wednesday, Rep. Eric Swalwell hinted his strategy for winning the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020 might rely on the enthusiasm of young voters. However, an informal straw poll this week released by the progressive… Read More ›
ELECTIONLINE: Polling in AD15; union’s love affair with Abel Guillen is over; Alameda candidate’s past conviction; healthcare district coup
15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT While Buffy Wicks’ assembly campaign, as far as we know, has not yet poll-tested whether its staff should order Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese for dinner, there are indications the poll-obsessed, and well-funded campaign is again compiling data… Read More ›