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New U.S. census data analyzed by the San Francisco Chronicle show California's Hispanic populations are changing.

Cross-country moves between progressive California and conservative Florida have taken an outsize role in the rivalry between Govs. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom, who are set to debate Thursday night.

Despite the rhetoric, people primarily relocate to other states for economic reasons like high housing costs, not politics, one political scientist said.

When every registered voter gets sent a ballot in the mail — a system known as universal vote-by-mail — voting rates tend to rise, numerous studies have found. Advocates for mail voting say these findings haven’t gotten the attention they deserve.

Lately, a rough consensus has emerged among people who study the impact of voting policies: Though they often spark fierce partisan fighting, most changes to voting laws do little to affect overall turnout, much less election results.