Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
cynicism cynics-and-cynicism dragged effects election governor greater questioned reasons sell side special voter
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.
class groups issue middle people tend view voters
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.
changes confusion history knowledge lead shows voter
There's not a lot of knowledge about the two initiatives. History shows that voter confusion ... can lead to changes in their preferences.
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.
race voters
So many voters are undecided that it's still a wide-open race.
looks region voters within
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,
directly drag image negative people related vote
The governor's image is a negative drag and it is directly related to how people are going to vote on these propositions.
accounting immigrants option puts voters
That's one option voters and non-voters embrace. It puts undocumented immigrants into some kind of accounting system.
ads defeat helping negative seems voters
The barrage of negative ads seems to be influencing voters and helping to defeat Proposition 79,
both seen voted
We've seen this before. It's like murder-suicide both of them get voted down.
rock saying voters
Voters are saying we need someone there who's not going to rock the boat.
balanced fairly illegal immigrants others policy positions supportive tougher voters
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.
companies negative side voters
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.