Politics

NBC Bay Area’s Audrey Asistio spoke to Political Analyst Larry Gerston about the latest NBC polls involving Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

The elections are 46 days away and the latest polls show Vice President Kamala Harris is growing in popularity. But does that translate into a win? Political Analyst Larry Gerston explains.

The recent attemps to assassinate former President Donald Trump with semi-automatic assault weapons have brough calls from the gun safety community to bring back the federal assault weapons ban.

Former president Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, according to the FBI.

Former president Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, according to the FBI. NBC Bay Area’s Gia Vang spoke with Omar Wasow, a political science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, to understand the impacts the incident...

Here’s a breakdown of important dates to monitor, Election Day information, and what to know about California propositions.

Proposition 36 on the November ballot is a state initiative that would increase penalties for drug crimes and theft.

Prop 2 is a $10 billion bond measure to build schools, with most of that money going to kindergarten through eighth grade schools in the state.

Activists hoping to nullify Prop 8 once and for all are going to the November ballot with Prop 3, another constitutional measure that would officially scrub Prop 8 from the state books and declare same-sex marriage a fundamental right. 

Among the issues voters will be asked this November will be to rule on whether prisoners should continue to be forced to work.

Proposition 33 would allow cities to broaden rent control protections.

In November, California voters will be asked to make a decision on a series of issues including Proposition 34. The proposal would limit healthcare groups’ non-patient spending. But some argue the initiative’s roots are linked to a battle over rent control.

California Proposition 35 deals with how the state spends an existing healthcare tax and whether that tax should continue.