"With seven months to the November general election, in which Davis faces GOP candidate Bill Simon, one particularly ominous finding of the new Field Poll, DiCamillo says, is that registered voters are much more critical of Davis -- disapproving of his work in office by a strong 55 percent to 39 percent margin..."This is EXCELLENT news, particularly in view of the huge "pro-RAT" bias built in to the Field poll's flawed methodology. See, from:
Field Poll Shows Incumbent Governor Davis In Trouble
Bill Simon for Governor | 4/27/02 | Staff
Posted on 4/28/02 1:55 PM Pacific by Liz"-- The Field Poll is different from professional campaign polls because Field calls all California residents randomly and asks them if they are registered to vote and if they are likely to vote. This samples too large a group of voters - including many voters who will never vote and have not been paying attention to the race. Most professional polls exclude these unlikely voters until they express some greater sentiment for voting. In addition, casual voters will tend to forget who the challenger is and default to undecided against an incumbent they know and dislike.The poll further confirms suspicions that career politician and incumbent Governor Gray Davis, whose Administration has been rocked by energy, education and budget failures, continues to see his re-election prospects rejected by Californians. Governors who poll less than 50% in polls after the primary almost always lose. Despite the methodological bias in the Field Poll, it shows that we are in an excellent position to overtake Davis once our advertising campaign begins..."
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