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CA: New Fox poll has Whitman up by 6, Boxer up by 2
SF Chronicle ^ | September 14 2010 | Richard Dunham

Posted on 09/14/2010 1:46:22 PM PDT by calcowgirl

A new Fox News poll shows Republican Meg Whitman leading Democrat Jerry Brown by 6 percentage points in California's gubernatorial race, while the conservative news network's poll had Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer leading her Republican challenger, Carly Fiorina, by 2 percentage points.

An interesting tidbit: Just 42 percent of Californians approve of Boxer's job performance, according to the Fox poll, while 50 percent disapprove. Still, Boxer drew 46 percent of the vote in her head-to-head match-up in Fiorina. That means that a small but significant number of California's don't like the job Boxer is doing but feel they'd rather have her continue to do the job than replace her with the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted for Fox by Pulse Opinion Research, has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. That puts Boxer's lead within the margin of error, making the Senate race a statistical tie. Whitman's 49 percent to 43 percent lead is equal to the margin of error.

The survey found Californians in a surly mood. Sixty-four percent say the economy is in "poor" condition. Most don't believe President Obama's stimulus plan has helped the economy. And almost nobody thinks that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's policies have helped the Golden State.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: boxer; ca2010; capoll; fiorina; jerrybrown; megwhitman; moonbeam; whitman

1 posted on 09/14/2010 1:46:25 PM PDT by calcowgirl
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To: calcowgirl

This is good for California, right?


2 posted on 09/14/2010 1:47:19 PM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: GoCards

“while the conservative news network’s poll”

So SF Chronicle, do you characterize your paper as the liberal newsrag in articles?


3 posted on 09/14/2010 1:51:09 PM PDT by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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To: GoCards

Not if babs boxer keeps her job.


4 posted on 09/14/2010 1:52:17 PM PDT by Not now, Not ever! (Girlfriend suggested I use pelosi in place of swear words, A good idea, I think)
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To: GoCards

This could be to our advantage considering Boxer shorts hasn’t hit 50%.


5 posted on 09/14/2010 1:53:39 PM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: calcowgirl

Babs new ad is awful.. she looks awful.. awful awful awful


6 posted on 09/14/2010 1:55:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’ve pretty much tuned out all the ads.


7 posted on 09/14/2010 1:59:47 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("In politics the middle way is none at all." -- John Adams)
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To: GoCards
This is good for California, right?

IMO, all the choices are horrible.

8 posted on 09/14/2010 2:00:34 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("In politics the middle way is none at all." -- John Adams)
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To: calcowgirl

LOL This one is brand new,, I’d sue the hair&makeup person


9 posted on 09/14/2010 2:01:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: calcowgirl
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS! Photobucket
10 posted on 09/14/2010 2:03:39 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: NormsRevenge
Boxer is apparently not depending upon her looks to keep her seat.

SEC Widens Probe of HP Bribery Allegations

Who didn't this BS coming? Slimey as hell; vintage Boxer.

11 posted on 09/14/2010 2:04:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: NorthStarStateConservative

Boxer is below 50% with 100% name recognition. She is toast. It is all over but the crying.

If she goes down in this cycle, and more and more CA cities go BK to eliminate their pension obligations. CA could be in play during the presidential elections for the first time in a generation.


12 posted on 09/14/2010 2:14:51 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: calcowgirl

In Dimwit parlance that means Whitman barely has a lead while Boxer will apparently win in a landslide.


13 posted on 09/14/2010 2:17:20 PM PDT by calex59
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I can’t believe that 72 year old Jerry Brown is the Democrat nominee for governor.

In a Democrat leaning state, all ambitious Democrat politicians stepped aside and let Brown have the nomination in an unchallenged primary election. There were no other serious Democrat candidates on the ballot.

What does it say about California Democrats, that the best they could do for the highest office is a tired old re-tread like Jerry Brown? Just think about it — a Democrat leaning state, whose governors and Senators are usually nationally known, drew no serious candidates for the governor’s office.


14 posted on 09/14/2010 2:36:21 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: NorthStarStateConservative
"This could be to our advantage considering Boxer shorts hasn’t hit 50%."

Exactly. If you figure the Chron's bias is worth 2 points in the other direction, Whitman beats Moonbeam like the old rented mule that he is, and Fiorina squeaks by Madame Butterface in a nail-biter.

15 posted on 09/14/2010 3:23:03 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (/)
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To: NormsRevenge

LOL. Sometimes you just have so little to work with. ;-)

Is this the one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMe1CW1uy5U
Barbara Boxer TV Ad: “Made in America”


16 posted on 09/14/2010 3:24:22 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("In politics the middle way is none at all." -- John Adams)
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To: calcowgirl

I haven’t regretted discontinuing my television cable service, considering all the B.S. I’m missing out on... though I’m still subjected to California Teachers Association propaganda on my local conservative talk radio station.


17 posted on 09/14/2010 10:14:57 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (RINOs: The CANCER within the G.O.P.)
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