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The latest statewide survey from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders closing the gap on Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary in California. According to the survey's results, Sanders now trails Clinton by only two percentage points, 44% to 46%.

Republican Party leaders reportedly started deliberations this week over changes to the way the GOP nominates its presidential candidates. The New York Times reports that after the chaos witnessed this primary season, certain changes seem imminent.

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If there is one thing voters can agree on in the 2016 election, it’s that our electoral system is alienating the very people it seeks to represent. On Sunday’s airing of HBO's Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discussed the undemocratic nature of presidential primaries and caucuses and how the complex rules of participation continue to confuse voters every election.

"We intend to win every delegate that we can so that when we go to Philadelphia in July, we are going to have the votes to put together the strongest progressive agenda that any political party has ever seen." - Bernie Sanders, April, 2016

Win or lose, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders has made his permanent mark on this year's election by securing a progressive majority on the platform committee of the

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that nearly 200,000 California citizens registered to vote or updated their information at RegisterToVote.ca.gov on Monday, May 23, the final day to register for the June 7 primary elections. According to the secretary of state, total voter registration is now over 1.8 million.

Now that the major parties have all but decided who their nominees will be – with the official nominations coming this July – leaders in both parties are eager to unify their respective bases and discourage voters from considering independent and third party alternatives.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The Independent Voter Network San Diego has conducted a Mayoral Poll for the 2016 Primary election on June 7 in San Diego. It was conducted over the past four days.

The poll represents an unbiased, cross-section of registered voters in the City of San Diego. The poll was completed by more than 600 people and has a +/- margin of error of 3.5%.

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