A real mixed bag. Some good news, and some deeply distressing news. Note that the Hoover Institution is a conservative think tank on the campus of Stanford. Also Note: Knowledge Networks conducts their polling online but recruits their survey respondents using the phone. Here's a
Press Release and
here's a PDF of the results.
A Stanford Uni.Hoover Institution poll; conducted
10/7-12 online by Knowledge Networks; surveyed 1,006 CA adults; margin of error +- 3% (Business Wire, 10/18. Subsample: 459 likely voters; margin of error +/- 4.4%.
Schwarzenegger As Gov.?
LVs All
Approve 37% 31%
Disapprove 51 59
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That's real standard Ahnold approval now. Sorry about the formatting. It looks good on the screen, but then it goes slightly askew. My apologies.
As for the props:
PROPOSITION 73 -- Parental Notification
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 54% 76% 39% 41%
No 46 24 61 59
PROPOSITION 74 -- Teachers' Tenure
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 49% 78% 26% 43%
No 51 22 74 57
PROPOSITION 75 -- Political Contributions
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 70% 86% 59% 63%
No 30 14 41 37
PROPOSITION 76 -- Limit State Spending
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 30% 49% 16% 23%
No 70 51 84 77
PROPOSITION 77 -- Redistricting
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 50% 70% 30% 55%
No 50 30 70 45
PROPOSITION 78 -- Prescription Drugs
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 59% 57% 59% 64%
No 41 43 41 36
PROPOSITION 79 -- Prescription Drugs
Yes 58% 62% 54% 57%
No 42 38 46 43
PROPOSITION 80 -- Electric Service
All GOP Dem Ind
Yes 37% 42% 31% 41%
No 63 58 69 59
It's looking good on 76, but rather shaky on several others, especially 75. We really need to focus on giving 75 a chance. Now, the polling numbers from all the different polling companies are wildly different, but the fact remains that there is a lot of work yet to be done.