Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
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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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The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives,
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It's a two-step process. First, people want to know who you are, why you're running, the whole nine yards. Then there's the second stage, where they ask the tougher policy questions about what you believe and what you'd do.
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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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I've never seen a proposition start out this far behind and pass. It's monumental the amount of work (the governor) needs to do on this one.
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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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People feel very strongly about this initiative. I don't anticipate a lot of movement. It may come down to who turns out on Election Day.
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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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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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The thing that's most striking to me is the impact that Schwarzenegger himself is having on his own initiatives. It's got to be disastrous from the governor's standpoint.
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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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There's not a lot of knowledge about the two initiatives. History shows that voter confusion ... can lead to changes in their preferences.