Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
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That's one option voters and non-voters embrace. It puts undocumented immigrants into some kind of accounting system.
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As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.
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Different groups of people view this issue very differently. Voters tend to be older, whiter and middle class, while unregistered voters tend to be young and immigrant.
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(Brown) still remains among the top tier of personalities in California in terms of name recognition. Eighty percent could offer an opinion one way or the other, even though he has been Oakland mayor and off the statewide scene for many years.
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Even though various groups hold very different attitudes, it's important to all sides. It's an issue that can cut both ways.
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There's not a lot of knowledge about the two initiatives. History shows that voter confusion ... can lead to changes in their preferences.
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There's not a lot of awareness of most of the down-ballot candidates. Generally speaking, the one who are better known are in the early lead.
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As we get around to the election, voters will know which side the pharmaceutical companies will be on, and that could have a negative effect.
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This is an issue that could easily arouse Latino voters. Immigration could be a single issue that could bring out more Latino voters in November.
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This issue wipes out all the divisions in the state. It's an issue whose time has come. Voters are behind it.
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There's a clear consensus that we should give (undocumented workers) a path to citizenship. There's bipartisan support.
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they haven't made any real moves toward organizing a campaign.
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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.
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It's always more difficult to change somebody's mind once they have a negative impression of you. But he can run against an opponent and try to bring him to the same level or even a lower level than where his negatives are.