Posted on 09/19/2006 10:40:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In his bid for re-election as governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has a comfortable lead over Democratic challenger and state Treasurer Phil Angelides among the state's "high propensity" voters, according to a report released on Tuesday.
These voters also back two of four general obligation bond measures that lawmakers put on the November 7 ballot that seek billions of dollars in debt issuance for public works.
The celebrity governor, a Republican, has the support of 53.6 percent of high-propensity voters, compared with 31.4 percent backing Angelides. Another 11.4 percent of these voters favor other candidates and 3.6 percent are undecided, according to the report by Datamar Inc.
The El Cajon, California-based polling firm defines high-propensity voters as people who voted in the 2002 and 2004 primary and general elections.
The firm does not publish polling results of responses by likely voters, commonly surveyed by pollsters, because they may not follow through on their intentions on election day.
High-propensity voters support of only two of the four public works bond measures the Democrat-led legislature put on the ballot at the prodding of Schwarzenegger. The four measures combined will ask voters to approve $37 billion in debt.
Proposition 1B, which proposes $19.9 billion in debt for highway, transit and port projects, is backed by 55.9 percent of high-propensity voters, opposed by 31.2 percent and 12.9 percent are undecided.
Proposition 1E, which seeks $4.09 billion for levee and flood-control projects, has the support of 60.8 percent of high-propensity voters, is opposed by 27.7 percent and 11.5 percent are undecided.
Proposition 1C, which requests $2.5 billion for housing projects is opposed by 53.9 percent of high-propensity voters and favored by 34.5 percent, and 11.7 percent are undecided.
Proposition 1D, which proposes $10.4 billion in debt for upgrades to public schools, is opposed by 46.6 percent of high-propensity voters and backed by 41.4 percent and 12.0 percent are undecided.
A separate independent general obligation bond measure, Proposition 84, seeking $5.4 billion in debt for flood, water and conservation projects, has the support of 47.6 percent of high-propensity voters, is opposed by 36.3 percent and 16.0 percent are undecided.
Datamar's findings are based on a telephone survey of registered voters from September 12-15. The firm said the findings have a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.
'Pay as you go' replaced by 'let's blow some more dough'
Not that it was any great feat, but the Democrats who screamed for recalling the Governator look pretty darn stupid as he coasts in for an easy re-election.
...And he gets to pick a GOP Senator should a mid-term vacancy arise.
a mid-term vacancy ? we should be so lucky.
Hey, Dick Mountjoy may make it there yet. or better yet, McClintock, altho that would be a waste were that to happen, altho it would get him out of the Ca GOP's hair... ;-)
Cute : )
We get to vote for the lesser of 2 evils once again. How I yearn for an honest man.
Meanwhile, I have a marginal propensity to PUKE!
Chris Cox?!
Hurricane Katrina hits California hard in November of 2006... at a cost of $8 billion!
As if I would vote for that leftist Angelwhateverhisname is! (Could we get a governor whose name I can spell again someday? :-) )
Okay, a 22 Point Lead. Can we quit leaping even further left now?
Will the GOP start supporting some of the other candidates in the race a bit more?
Just so Hurricane Maria doesn't mess with the next spinach crop.
Of course we have real elections in California... then the judicial oligarchy tosses out the results they don't like. Such is life.
Cox would be a reasonable choice, he has a decent track record, altho he seems to be doing a good job at the SEC, he may be ready to move on in a couple years too, that has to be a pretty tough job.. probably wears on a person after awhile.. he could probably get a better return on a dollar for dolar basis for the state than either babs or difi has ,,
I guess its safe for McCain to visit the GUb with that kind of lead. ;-)
Yeah... I think he's already locked up the McCain voter though.
a.k.a., the Jive Talk Express crowd
note: we could use some new spinach pickers for $50/hour. Is McPain still offering?
Darn! I was hoping to see him race the Gub's new touring rig against his StraightTalk Express bus
speaking of spinach, it sounds like untreated or not treated thoroughly enough (with chlorine) liquid cow effluents may be source of the ecoli ..
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