[BonnieJ]

The L.A. Times accomplished their goal with their "poll" (conveniently released after other current ones just discussed & right before the convention). The poll does not agree with others released just yesterday and particualarly in terms of Arnold. But...they have kept the Republicans hopelessly split, with just days to go. If you choose to believe the Survey America poll and another one from yesterday, Arnold has 39%. Of course, some would prefer to see him at 25%. We can pick and choose our own "reality" but on October 7th there will be only one, and all the bickering will have led to it. It sure seems no compromise will, or an objective assessment of the source of the lastest euphoria. The L.A. Times! Amazing, really.

[deport]

Here's three polls that are at least fairly close to each other in numbers...... It would be interesting to see the numbers from the LA Times poll.....

The real problem is that McClintock with all his years of being in the Party and running for offices can't muster much over 28% of the Republican Party voters....

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Republican Voters     Schwarzenegger    McClintock

CA Field Poll               43%              28%
USA Survey Poll             56%              25%
CA C of C Poll              44%              23%

[DiamondDon1]

The poll does not agree with others released just yesterday and particualarly in terms of Arnold.

I want Tom, but this L.A. Times poll stinks to high heaven...

Once again, they "supplement" their results with Latino voters (thereby showing Bustamante ahead...) ask questions with adjectives like "seriously", don't print all the questions they asked, did not rotate the candidates when asking which candidate was preferred...

I would use the Times as fishwrap, except I don't want to make the fish smell bad...

DD

[AmericaUnited]

Isn't it amazing how many useful idiots of the LA Slimes there are here? They get played so easily like bad fiddles.

[FairOpinion]

The Times deliberately skewed the results, by including more conservatives than the actual voter base.:

"Of the likely voters in The Times Poll sample, 38% identified themselves as conservatives. In the Field Poll, only 32% identified themselves as conservatives. That difference could partially explain McClintock's better showing in the Times survey.

In last November's election for governor, 35% of those who voted identified themselves on exit polls as conservatives. If this year's electorate resembles last year's turnout, The Times Poll would have slightly too many conservatives in it, while the Field sample would have slightly too few.

In the last election, 35% of people identified themselves as liberals. In The Times Poll sample, 34% of those surveyed said they were liberal. But the Field Poll sample included only 25% liberals. (In the Field sample, 43% called themselves moderates, compared with 30% in last year's election)."

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