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Q32: Tom McClintock has been under pressure from some
Republican leaders to drop out of the race to consolidate the
Republican vote behind Arnold Schwarzenegger. McClintock
argues that he should stay in the race to give voters a choice.
What do you think? Regardless of your vote, should
McClintock drop out of the race to consolidate the
Republican vote behind Schwarzenegger, or should he stay in
the race to give voters a choice? (TWO RESPONSES ROTATED)
–––––––– Among Likely Voters ––––––––
          LV  DEM REP LIB MOD CON WHT LAT
Drop out  36  15  61  11  33  60  39  22
Stay in   58  80  36  84  62  35  55  74
Don’t know 6   5   3   5   5   5   6   4

(ASKED OF ALL REGISTERED VOTERS)
Q6. You still get a chance to cast a vote for one of the replacement 
candidates, even if you voted NO, not to recall Governor Davis, or 
didn’t vote on the recall at all. If the special recall election 
were being held today and these were the candidates, for whom would you 
vote: Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat; state Senator 
Tom McClintock, a Republican; actor and businessman Arnold Schwarzenegger, 
a Republican; financial investment advisor Peter Miguel Camejo, a 
Green Party candidate; columnist and author Arianna Huffington, 
an independent: for whom would you vote: Bustamante or McClintock or 
Schwarzenegger or Camejo or Huffington or would you vote for someone 
else or would you not vote for any candidate?  
(INCLUDES LEANERS) (CANDIDATES ROTATED)

                –––––––– Among Likely Voters ––––––––
                LV DEM REP LIB MOD CON WHT LAT
Schwarzenegger  40  15  66  11  42  63  46  24
Bustamante      32  62   2  69  30   5  24  54
McClintock      15   7  27   3  12  28  16  13
Camejo           3   4   –   4   5   –   4   1
Huffington       –   1   –   1   –   –   –   –
Someone else     1   1   –   1   3   –   1   1
Wouldn’t vote    5   6   2   8   4   1   5   1
Haven’t heard
enough (Vol.)    1   1   1   –   1   1   1   –
Don’t know       3   3   2   3   3   2   3   6