Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
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.
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,
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,
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.
arouse bring easily issue latino single voters
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.
behind divisions issue time voters whose
This issue wipes out all the divisions in the state. It's an issue whose time has come. Voters are behind it.
looks people process segment step terms voters
I think it's a two-step process and it looks like he's successfully getting people over in terms of step one to the undecided column. But there's a segment of voters who are withholding judgment. They know who Schwarzenegger is, but they are not sure.
amount behind far monumental needs seen start work
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.