In addition to the other points that have been made about how ad spending, confusing wording and public misinformation campaigns are waged against the state’s e

In addition to the other points that have been made about how ad spending, confusing wording and public misinformation campaigns are waged against the state’s electorate every two years, there is also an issue of framing and context. The propositions are presented in isolation without context. Somethings need to be considered holistically. Budgets are a classic example of this. There are trade offs. Any spending in one area means that those resources don’t go to other things. Should we fund cancer research? Yes. Firefighters? Yes. Why not both? Because we also need to fund schools, hospitals, roads, and the entire public sector. As a reasonably well educated and informed citizen it is not feasible to responsibly weigh in on a specific funding item. You would need to understand all the other aspects. As my grandfather (a third generation Californian) explained to me: if you aren’t 100% sure of what a proposition says vote No.