Wow - that is significant. If 19% of your base is refusing to vote for you, then that difference is multiplied, because you depend on your base to turn out the vote.
Yes. It is significant. But it is not 19% refusing to vote--it is a 19% DROP in those supporting him (to 50% now). IMO, it is the most significant part of the Survey, of which this thread was the subject. Unfortunately, those avid Arnold supporters do not want to let it be known that only 50% of the Republicans now support Arnold. This whole thread has done everything possible to avoid discussion of the subject.
I will repost the excerpt below:
Support for Schwarzenegger’s re-election has dropped since September when 36% of voters said they would vote for the governor and 49% said they would vote against him. This reflects the growing disapproval among the governor’s Republican base, 69% of whom said they would vote to re-elect him in September, versus only 50% now. (Source: Survey and Policy Research Institute (PDF FILE))