Entries by Probolsky Research

[Probolsky Research featured] Gavin Newsom reveals plan for California DMV. Why he warns of longer wait times

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Gavin Newsom reveals plan for California DMV. Why he warns of longer wait times July 23, 2019 by Bryan Anderson https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article233014987.html Things could get worse before they get better at California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, according to a new report Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office released Tuesday. As many as 28.2 million Californians could request a […]

Low Turnout Could Sink Measure EE

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 Low Turnout Could Sink Measure EE Key indicators suggest success is possible in a higher turnout scenario UPDATE: Measure EE failed, pretty remarkably. Our research revealed something that does not normally happen in polling, but when it does, we do more discovery work to find out why. Watch Adam Probolsky explain: Probolsky Research conducted a poll […]

Should Cities and Counties Face Punishment For Not Allowing New Housing?

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Many parts of California are experiencing housing shortages and a serious lack of affordable housing. We queried California voters on whether cities and counties should face punishment for holding back on rezoning properties suitable for housing to allow for more densely populated development. While we have seen pushback against new housing by residents in communities that […]

CA Voters: DMV like any other government bureaucracy

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Sacramento Bee: “Today, nearly one in four California voters, including 39 percent of Republicans, think the DMV is in such poor shape it cannot be fixed, according to a Probolsky Research poll conducted last month.” Read the article by Bryan Anderson here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article229967789.html#storylink=cpy With so much reporting lately and what seems like the ever present public […]

Making Infrastructure Relatable

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Originally published in PublicCEO – written by Adam Probolsky If your kid came home with a D+ on her report card, you would start asking questions. How did things get this bad? Why didn’t we catch the problem sooner? And what’s the name of a good tutor? Americans are in a similar predicament with our failing […]