[heleny]

sample by telephone of 1,021 California adults, was taken in late April.

Is this an extension of the Field poll taken April 19-25 with 546 likely voters? Or, do the 1021-546=475 other adults not count as "likely voters?"

It is confusing when the results of one poll are released twice, once at the end of April and again ("new Field Poll .... released today") in the middle of the Oracle scandal a week later. (Perhaps they hurriedly publicized the 14-point lead among the 546 "likely voters" before they actually released the poll?)

[Grampa Dave]

They just had this poll of likely voters in our local fish wrap. The headline said voters preferred Davis. Hidden in the middle of the AP article was the likely voters data. I sent my usual "You are BSing your readers again email to the local editor!" The good thing was that the poll story was buried in the back of the first section.

During the Moniker Licking/Impeachment fiasco, I got to know the Field Poll very well for their lies. They missed Simon winning the election by over 20 points. Not very reliable, and I reminded the local editor of that huge miss.