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> > > ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
> > > PRESENTATION TO PROGRESSIVE ERA PROJECT
> > > June 17, 2014
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Blue California
DEMOCRATS HAVE:Both U.S. Senate Seats34 Congressional SeatsAll 8 Statewide Offices54 Assembly Seats28 Senate Seats
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CA GOP is less than 1/3 of registered voters
Republican Registration
May 200642.7%
May 201030.8% May 2014
28.4 %
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Gender Gap in legislature widening
34 women in legislatureIn 2012
Women have decreased to 31 in 2014
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Gender Gap in legislature widening
Women are 50% of CA Population but only 26% of the legislature
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$CA Needs BETTER Dems not just MORE Dems
ALL BUSINESS MONEY
AD 16: Steve Glazer
$1,940,004AD 4: Bill Dodd
$486,666
AD 25: Armando Gomez
$580,940SD 20: Alfonso Sanchez
$322,574
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Opposition doesn’t show in obvious ways
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Slowing down the Progressive Agenda
> Fracking moratorium stalled in legislature> Minimum wage with indexing> AB 880: Closing the Wal-Mart Loophole> Enterprise Zones passed with Rep support, NOT
Dem supermajority> 37 of 38 CalChamber’s “job killer” bills failed
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Follow the Money:
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
DAVID CRANE AND
GOVERN CA
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Labor’s commitment to changing the CA Electorate
13.8%
15.8%
2006
18.3%16.7%
201220102008
15%
2002 2004
19.7%
2040
30%
Latino’s share of the vote:
%
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CA’s Emerging Electorate
Total CA Registered voters17,727,177
Emerging Electorate (API, Afr Am, Lat) 6,192,03936%64%
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Emerging Electorate Underperforms:
36%CA Registered Voter
(API, Lat, Afr Am)
28% expected performance
-8%
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2 million union voters
Emerging Electorate
Million More Voters Project
Progressive Majority
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Base Building
Fresno County San Bernardino County
> Building Power
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STRONGER TOGETHER
>> IMMIGRATION REFORM
>> INCOME INEQUALITY
>> PAY EQUITY