joining me alive now, political science professor david mcewan. thank you for being with us today. obviously, robert f kennedy jr. has a significant name recognition, what do we really know about him, though, and he's now running mate? >> if you look at rfk jr., this is someone who has been staunchly proenvironment, that is how he made his rotation, but also someone who has been at the forefront of many anti- coded -- or, anti-vaccine conspiracies around covid. he is someone who has been very popular on reddit, very popular online. it's an interesting mishmash of different ideologies. obviously, kind of a left progressive on the environment, but also a bit of a libertarian philosophy about what you should do with your body, your family, yourselves, what you should be doing in your communities, and this mishmash is something that allows him to draw from republicans and democrats, somewhat disaffected democrats, particularly underrepresented groups, and libertarian minded republicans, all of that will present some important challenges to both major parties and probably cost democrats

here to help with all of it is david mcewan. thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> adam schiff and steve garvey will face off in november. >> if you think about this a bit, it is a surprise. we would expect to see steve garvey increase his lead, hold his lead by about three to five points, the top vote getter in the primary. if you start to slice and dice the vote totals between the democrats and the republicans, you'll see that even in a low turnout primary, it will be about 60% democratic vote, 40% republican vote and one or two registered voters that are democrats about that number. and in a high interest general election, with the number of contested races that will put them in the driver seat. the challenge for steve garvey is going to be can he raise money and convince donors he'll be competitive? he won't be able to hide and he won't do that heavy lifting. one out of every $4 that they spent were spent on steve garvey on television. that won't be the case beginning today. >> all right, le

. >> kron 4 political analysts in sonoma, state, political science professor david mcewan shares why he believes this measure passed with a majority voters, regardless of whether they're liberal or conservative a e concerned about the use of public dollars, particularly for vulnerable populations while at the same time protecting them. >> has staying. we reached out to mayor london breed's office for clarification about this. but they did not provide that answer. >> the mayor's office did say that breed has directed the san francisco human services agency to develop a plan for implementation on january. 1st next year, reporting live in the newsroom to be just as kron. 4 news. tiffany, thank you so much. also in san francisco, residents voting to pass proposition e that measure limits the amount of time an officer may spend on administrative tasks. >> and allows the use of drones along with or instead of car pursuits. property also allows for the use of body camera video to satisfy reporting requirements and allows the installation of surveillance and facial recognition cameras withou

. >> david mcewan, david is chair of the political science department at sonoma state university. jonathan madison, a former vice chair of the bay area, republican party. all right. we'll get media stuff in a minute, but i just have to say it is march 5th, for god's sake. you know, the conventions are coming. there's a whole string of primaries yet to come. it's awfully early. i mean, because the presidential primary essentially over well, you know, california, it's done this before. >> and it doesn't it didn't matter. then it's there's no amendment. alex, course, for the senate race, which is i think what everyone here is really interested in for me in that senate races. weather steve dari finishes first and by how much? all right. i was going. you have to hold that ask everybody but it is. incredibly early. >> it is incredibly early. you have to pay attention that that's obviously affected voter turnout. we see some of those sluggish numbers already. there may be some races, particularly down ballot that we don't know what the final disposition of will be. tonight, we're going t

voters want to see call for political analyst and sonoma state political science professor david mcewanow with additional perspective on all of this. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon, 70. >> well, good to see you. so let's get started with the race for the white house this morning. we saw nikki haley drop out of the race. do you expect her to back donald trump at this point or will she stay silent here? >> so we expect her to stay silent about donald trump in particular. she's not saying much relative to her supporters, right that donald trump has to get her supporters are them out. but she is someone who's doesn't look like she's going to endorse donald trump any time. let's give this a little time and space and see what see what actually and nikki haley is young enough that she can position yourself moving forward. certainly for the trump gop and what that looks like. so i think there's something to watch there. let's see if she builds some national momentum. but the shows, i think more broadly, however, voters are not terribly enthusiastic about a rematch for 2020 odd into 20

david mcewan, share of the political science department sonoma state. jonathan madison, former vice chair of the bay area republican party. we talked about the senate race a little bit an hour ago, but that really is be race. everybody i think, kind of glued to and who knows. but the polls are indicating republican steve garvey is right up there with adam schiff as cold front runner and i think could happen. but how did how did he do that, jonathan? you know, i think he did it by being quiet. serious. i think he sort of cruise along a fine line and his democratic counterparts are very controversial and they're kind of beat each other up, which is what happens in these races. i mean. >> am lincoln said the first ruling being a politician is getting elected. right. so i think they're doing their job. but i think the debate here earlier has been is he going to go up double digits and as a conservative in california think it was the last time that happened for a second for hace. so but it also has to do with a california voting platform. so i'm eager to see

that's david mcewan talking about the fact the supreme court will later consider the question of whether trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office. scheduled for april. >> meantime, today's decision seemed to underline the fact the card has been moving really carefully. and all of this. our analysts said different reactions to the effort to keep down the political temperature. the court doesn't want to not just get ahead of its skis but appear to be too political. this is an institution that over the last 4, 5, years and certainly over the last year or so is seen as broken or lacking legitimacy by many, even though the law and the supreme court and this role of the to see this variable of of kind of approval. >> its decisions absolutely political. and they're losing that mojo by losing that mojo or that perception of legitimacy. it affects the court and its decisions and institutional us like chief justice roberts roberts are absolutely concerned about that element. so >> this decision could go a little way to repairing division in the country, but only if amer

mcewan. thanks for coming let's start with the voter turnout numbers. we have numbers from marine sonoma. all the counties contra costa under 20% for voter turnout so far. what do you make of that? what a voter enthusiasm like? why are they not engage? sure. we don't see a lot of sizzle on many of the things on the ballot so far, right. there's that u.s. senate race. there are things happening locally, but there hasn't been that many that haven't been that many things to really draw voters. there's also a big difference between voters who are 65 and older. >> they should about 25% of the electorate and those voters that are say 18 to 34 and that demographic is about 25% as well. the younger demographic not showing urging voters not really enthused and older voters obviously showing up voting twice and they have the opportunity. we talk with contra costa and their election officials at noon today. >> and they said they set up a tiktok account in order to reach that demographic. they're trying

. >> kron 4 political analysts in sonoma, state, political science professor david mcewan shares why he believes this measure passed with a majority voters were guard lists of whether they're liberal or conservative are concerned about the use of public dollars, particularly for vulnerable populations while at the same time protecting them. >> now, there is a question about whether screenings means testing. we reached out to mayor breed's office for clarification about that. but they did not provide that answer. the mayor's office does say that breed has directed to san francisco human services agency to develop a plan for implementation on january. 1st next year, reporting live in the newsroom to be justice. back to you. >> tiffany, thank you. also in san francisco, prop ee has passed with about 60% of the vote. the measure loosens the restrictions on police, which the mayor says will make it easier for them to fight crime in the city. one of the changes officers will be allowed to chase more people by car, including those who are suspected of retail theft or robbery. property expan