Democrats' poll results grim for Davis
By Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross
The San Francisco Chronicle (July 1, 2002)
SLIP SLIDE: Demos up in the Legislature just commissioned a statewide poll on the state of the state -- and it doesn't look pretty.
Results had 57 percent of the voters saying they felt California was on the wrong track.
And they weren't too happy about the state's chief engineer, either -- with 58 percent giving Gov. Gray Davis a thumbs-down for his job performance.
Even worse: When respondents were asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, Davis lagged nine points behind Republican challenger Bill Simon.
The biggest spread we've seen so far.
Sorry professor that lecture is from your old copy of the poli-sci text book.