From a just-released PPIC survey of California voters:

As they consider nine initiatives on the ballot, most likely voters (55%) say that decisions made by voters through the initiative process are probably better than those made by the governor and legislature and 30 percent say voters’ decisions are probably worse. This finding has stayed remarkably consistent: since PPIC first asked this question in October 2000, majorities have said decisions made by voters are probably better. Despite confidence in their own decisions, voters’ dissatisfaction with the initiative process has grown. Between 2000 and 2008, less than a third of likely voters said they were dissatisfied with the way the initiative process is working. Today, 43 percent say so. About half (49%) say the initiative process needs major changes. Another 30 percent say minor changes are needed, and just 15 percent say the process is fine as it is. Even among those who say voters’ decisions are better than those of elected officials, a plurality (40%) say the process needs major changes.

PPIC has a nifty tool for sorting their data by a host of variables, and so I’ve generated this chart sorting voter satisfaction with the initiative process by party.

It is surprising how satisfaction with the process does not vary much by party.