Voters see race as lose-lose situation-Little confidence in Davis, Simon to revive economy

SF Chronicle ^ | 8/29/02 | John Wildermuth, Suzanne Herel

[randita]

Hammered by stock market losses and an anemic economy, Californians are pessimistic about the state's financial future and don't believe either of the major candidates for governor will be able to pull the state out of its hard times.

A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that 55 percent of Californians are convinced their part of the state is in a recession. The mind-set is even gloomier in the Bay Area, where 73 percent of the residents say there's a recession going on and 26 percent say the situation is serious.

[randita]

"I'm waiting for a dark horse to come out of the crowd," said Morris, who cleans homes and offices for a living. "If I have to, I'll vote for Davis again. But I think we can do better."

That's the attitude. Vote for the guy who got you in the mess in the first place.

[randita]

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[Coop]

"As a black man, they don't show any interest in me whatsoever," said McMurrian, an independent voter and retired truck driver. "I'm going to write in a name -- Jesse Jackson."

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! Oh, my side hurts!

Make it stop!!! [gasp, wheeze]

[Greeklawyer]

nuts, are these polls accurate?

[eureka!]

"nuts, are these polls accurate?"

Only as far as they go. This one is chock full of "registered" not "likely" voters. They tend to lean left. In light of that, Davis' 41% is a very bad number for an incumbent, a known quantity. This race has hardly even begun....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping!

Been out all day!

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