Ranked Choice Voting’s Biggest Sell Is Also Its Biggest Myth
Counting Ballots If you listen to advocates of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), you’d think it was the electoral equivalent of a miracle cure. Campaigns will […]
Articles by Dan Chmielewski
CA-40 Election Reveals Influencer Social Media Posts Lacking Disclosure
The June primary is over and most of the races have been called. Now its time to pick up those lawn signs, settle the books […]
An election update fromTustin Council member Lee Fink
Since my office is in Old Town Tustin, I run into council member Lee Fink often. I came across his election updates on Facebook and […]
If Ranked Choice Voting Is Just Like Everyday Life, Then Why Can’t Voters Choose It?
Tonight, the Irvine City Council will hear from a well-organized effort from Democrats of Greater Irvine to call for the city to change the way […]
CA-40: Young Kim’s Political Survival Depends on a Simple Reality; She Needs Lots of Votes from Democrats
If there is one lesson from California politics that politicians never seem to learn, it’s that yesterday’s coalition rarely wins tomorrow’s election. That reality may […]
Rumor Mill: Is Kathleen Treseder Really Trying to Recruit Katy Porter for Irvine Mayor?
Political rumors are like coming across a roundabouts: nobody asked for them, nobody knows who started them, and somehow you wind up going going in […]
Irvine Police offer guidelines for Monday’s World Cup USMNT Practice Monday June 8
A thoughtful reminder from the Irvine Police Department on Monday’s USMNT soccer practice at the Great Park in Irvine: We’re excited to welcome fans to […]
Expect Tight Races to be called later in the week
It’s Election day; go Vote! I’ve been watching polls with an eye towards the independent polls. I have this odd feeling Xavier Becerra and Tom […]
GOP-LINKED OPERATIVES EXPOSED BEHIND SUPER PAC BOOSTING ESTHER KIM VARET IN CA-40
This press release is courtesy of the Joe Kerr for Congress campaign. Republicans are using a fake progressive PAC to help the Democrat they want […]