Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
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What you see is kind of a balanced assessment. There are some policy positions where some voters are fairly lenient to illegal immigrants and on others they're supportive of tougher approaches.
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There is a vein of the public that is leery of big industry.
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Voters are saying we need someone there who's not going to rock the boat.
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The question always presents itself: How formidable are the challengers? Early measures show them leading by very narrow margins, and the preferences are party based. It's way too early to say whether the challengers will be formidable.
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These elected officials just can't believe their recognition levels are so low. But this state is so big that to be known to a majority is a real accomplishment.
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The story is not a good one for the governor, ... There seems to be a common thread across all the proposition - if Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed it, Democrats and nonpartisans are reacting negatively and by turning off those two groups, it has made things very difficult for the governor.
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The survey just looked at registered Latino voters. Had it included non-voters and non-citizens, the numbers likely would have been different.
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Changes in the economy are relatively slow to hit the man in the street.
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Generally speaking, Californians tend to be more open to allowing an individual to make a decision rather than having something prohibited through government fiat.
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In late 1993, (Wilson) was at 31 percent, which is even lower than the governor's numbers today, ... He went on to win by 10 points in 1994. There was a lot of grumbling about Pete Wilson, but he was able to distinguish himself from (Democratic candidate) Kathleen Brown, latched onto illegal immigration as an issue and it propelled him to victory. The quality of the campaign, the way candidates raise the salience of issues - all those things matter.
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If the opponents keep hammering away on that, it's hard to imagine a scenario where this thing turns around.
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slipping ... and it's the direction of the change that is more revealing than the actual numbers themselves.
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at this stage are still inclined to vote for it.
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Clearly, he's in a vulnerable category. His core is sticking with him -- and just about everyone else isn't.