On the property rights measures, please not that 3 of the 4 "regulatory takings" measures FAILED.

Most of the ones that passed were desgined to limit government's ability to use eminnent domain to transfer property from one private owner to another. I.e., to stop the effects of the recent Kelo ruling from SCOTUS.

I wouldn't call anti-Kelo initiatives "conservative" in the way that you mean. They were pitched (correctly, I think) is to prevent government from helping big corporate interests at the expense of the "little guy". I.e., to prevent government from condemning grandma's house and handing the property over to WalMart or a luxury condominium developer.

Conservatives might oppose that on the general grounds of limiting government power. Liberals might oppose it on the grounds of prevening handouts to corporations and wealthy developers.

The fact that the anti-Kelo measures passed but the anti-takings measures didn't suggests that voters are opposed to govts violating property rights just to help other private actors, but are willing to see government regulate the use of private property on behalf of public interests.

Oregon had a takings measure recently, and an anti-Kelo measure this time. My left-wing friends in Oregon -- people who really do qualify as The Left that Tom speaks of -- were all strongly against the takings compensation measure, but all voted FOR the anti-Kelo measure.