加利福尼亚州的全民公决经验表明，公众常常会支持互相矛盾的东西 — — 比如降低税收和增加福利项目；或环境保护和更加廉价的汽油。
As California’s experience with referenda has shown, the public will often vote for contradictory things – for example, lower taxes and more welfare programs, or environmental protection and cheaper gas.