Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
cynics-and-cynicism level rough voters
Those are pretty rough numbers, the level of cynicism. He just has not communicated with voters in making his case.
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What will be more influential on the outcome of (this year's) election is the shape of the turnout: Who will (vote)?
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So many seats in California are safe, and that's true nationally, too. So the opportunities for the out-of-power party to gain (seats in Congress) is really not that great. Most observers would say that only a few seats could change hands.
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She's a very divisive figure. In my opinion, most people either like her or hate her.
race voters
So many voters are undecided that it's still a wide-open race.
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No one penalty jumps out. Even looking at Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres fans, they want him to play.
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We're looking at things that are new and different, issues that weren't here 10 or 15 years ago. They are transforming California.
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There are large-scale differences between voters here (on the coast) and voters inland. Within California's borders, there's a red-state region that looks a lot like the Midwest.
backing people supported voters
When we tell voters Proposition 78 is supported by the pharmaceutical companies, it weakens support even from the people who are backing it,
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When politicians try to move from negative to positive, it really is a two-step process. People don't go straight from negative to positive. They go from negative to undecided, and then maybe to positive.
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The president, in our perspective, is in uncharted territory because he has a really long tenure left and yet he has very low job performance ratings in just his sixth year. Whether he is able to turn it around depends a lot on Iraq. But the events in Iraq seem largely out of his or U.S. control.
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The governor's image is a negative drag and it is directly related to how people are going to vote on these propositions.
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The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives,
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It's the direction of change that's more important in a final poll than the actual numbers. Unfortunately for the governor, the direction of change is moving against him.