Posted on 07/12/2010 2:39:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If the election for governor of California were held today, Republican Meg Whitman would edge out Democrat Jerry Brown 46% to 39%, according to a new CBS 5 KPIX-TV poll of likely voters released Monday.
Brown, currently California's Attorney General, leads by a not surprising 2-1 margin in the Bay Area, but trails in the rest of the state, according to the poll data.
The poll found Whitman, former CEO of eBay, has leads built up among men and affluent voters. She gets 77% of Republican voters, while Brown gets the support of 64% of Democrats. Independents break by a 5-4 margin for Whitman.
In the race for U.S. Senator from California, Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and Republican Carly Fiorina are effectively even, the poll found.
Fiorina got 47% voter support compared to Boxer's 45%, which is within the poll's four percentage point margin of error.
The poll found twice as many Democrats cross-over to vote Republican as Republicans who cross-over to vote Democrat in the senate race.
Fiorina has an ever-so-slight advantage in the Greater Los Angeles area and in the Central Valley. She also carries the Inland Empire by a 2-1 margin, while Boxer carries the Bay Area by 2-1, the poll data showed.
Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana, and allow marijuana to be regulated and taxed in California, is supported among those likely voters surveyed by 50% to 40%, although 11% remained uncertain how they would vote on the issue.
The poll found younger voters support the measure, while older voters oppose it. Democrats and Independents tended to support pot legalization, while Republicans generally opposed the idea.
The CBS 5 poll of 614 likely California voters was conducted by the polling firm SurveyUSA from July 8 through July 11 and has a four-point margin of error.
Other poll findings included:
— Only 40% of California voters view President Obama favorably and a nearly equal 38% view him negatively.
— 37% of Californians view the Tea Party movement negatively, compared with 31% that have a positive view.
— 77% believe the state of California is headed the wrong way, while only 11% felt things were moving in the right direction.
— Split feelings on whether to allow off-shore drilling in California; 37% oppose it and 35% support it.
So if Babs and the Rhino are tied, then the rhino is probably up by 3. Liberal Oversampling..
What California needs is more pain. Pain will clear their silly little liberal minds.
I hate both of those candidates. We're so ------ in the state.
Has anyone posted the video of Whitman saying she loves Van Jones?
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