Notice the "top poll" is un-named. Anyone on this board heard of such a poll result? No, because it's fiction. This article is the first installment of Governor Davis' multi-million dollar propaganda campaign.
Simon may have a tough row to hoe till the election but i'm glad to see he has enough sense to reject advice from losers in the Riordan camp.
More reliable information can be found here:
Simon Leads Davis by 8 in Labor Poll
San Fran. Chronicle - Matier & Ross Column - June 12, 2002
FIRST STRIKE: After five days of "positive" ads, Gov. Gray Davis unleashed the first in what will likely be a series of attack ads on Republican opponent Bill Simon -- and with good reason.
There's a new poll floating around Sacramento that shows the embattled Davis trailing Simon by a whopping eight points.
The poll -- which was of likely voters and paid for by the Democratic- friendly Service Employees International Union -- found newcomer Simon at 42 percent to Davis' 34 percent.
Now this is interesting:
The poll was conducted April 19-24, both before and during two days of discussions about proposed church policies on sexual offenders between the pope and U.S. Roman Catholic cardinals in Rome.
Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, said there was no marked difference in the way respondents answered questions after the Rome meetings began.
``I think these views are pretty stable,'' DiCamillo said. ``California Catholics are much more progressive than the church's existing policies.''
So the same guy is director of both the Field Poll and The California Poll!