Infrastructure bond package is leading

Sacramento Bee ^ | 11/4/6 | Andy Furillo

[SmithL]

Three of the four infrastructure bond measures placed on the ballot amid bipartisan fanfare in the spring have surged to big leads in the Field Poll, and the director of the survey said Friday that the entire $37.3 billion package appears headed toward an Election Day victory.

"If I were a gambling person, I'd put my money on the yes side here," survey director Mark DiCamillo said.

Proposition 1B, the $19.9 billion transportation bond, was leading the pack, with 56 percent of likely voters favoring the measure and 28 percent opposed.

The $10.4 billion education measure, Proposition 1D, came in next, ahead 56 percent to 29 percent. The $4.1 billion levee bond, Proposition 1E, led 53 percent to 27 percent.

All three of those bonds fared better than they did in the last Field Poll taken in September.

Only the $2.85 billion housing bond, Proposition 1C, tailed off over the last month. It now leads 51 percent to 30 percent.

A fifth bond measure, placed on the ballot by environmental groups, also was ahead in the poll, 51 percent to 31 percent. Proposition 84 would authorize $5.4 billion in spending for water, flood control, conservation and park projects. Its standing has changed little from surveys in July and September.

The poll did not track Proposition 1A, a companion measure that would to make it more difficult for lawmakers to siphon off sales tax revenues on gasoline -- earmarked by voters four years ago for transportation projects -- for general budget purposes.

The bond campaign is being led by Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor has boosted the bonds more than a dozen times over the past month on the campaign trail and in his official duties.

[SmithL]

Yippee!
Free Money in the People's Republic of California!
(Standing Wolf)

[goldstategop]

I know. You can be broke and can get still more money to spend. It'll all be repaid after you're gone from this world. Why shouldn't voters conclude its free money?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[calcowgirl]

I hope these polls are as good as some previous ones:

Don't believe the lies: Schwarzenegger's Propositions all winning
SurveyUSA ^ | 10/17/05
Posted on 10/17/2005 4:27:22 PM PDT

Just Vote NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!

[John Jorsett]

Am I misremembering, or don't bond measures require 55% (down from the former 66%) of the vote to win approval?

[SmithL]

Taxes require 2/3 vote. Bonds are considered free money.