Field Poll (2/20-3/1, registered voters):
Barbara Boxer (D-inc): 54
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R): 30Barbara Boxer (D-inc): 55
Carly Fiorina (R): 25
(MoE: ±3.6%)Arnold Schwarzenegger (R): 31
Carly Fiorina (R): 24
Chuck DeVore (R): 9Carly Fiorina (R): 31
Chuck DeVore (R): 19
(MoE: ±5.8%)
The bad news for Barbara Boxer is that she’s not terribly popular; only 42% of Californians are inclined to re-elect her, while 43% are inclined not to. The good news is, there’s nobody that Californians are inclined to like better. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been considered the GOP’s best bet in this seat (despite his not having publicly expressed any interest in the race), but the new Field Poll shows him getting demolished. This is a much bigger margin than the R2K poll from two months ago that gave Boxer a 9-point edge, but that’s before the state-level budget crisis took him down (and, to be fair, just about every governor) a few pegs.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina doesn’t fare any better, and while her prognosis is supposedly good after breast cancer surgery last week, she’s hardly a lock for the race either. The GOP may be left with little-known and little-liked state assemblyman Chuck DeVore. Either way, Boxer doesn’t seem to be facing much danger any more.
They didn’t even bother polling him against Boxer.
That all prominent California Democratic politicians suck and are unpolular?
or
That the Republicans get slaughtered by these sucky, unpopular politicians?
This poll & others like it ought to keep Ahnold from being too tempted to run, and should send him back to movie making.
I’m thinking now we’ll be seeing two ex-CEO female Republican non-politicians in the two major statewide CA races in the fall of 2010.
Who da thunk that a couple years ago?
(assuming Fiorina’s health is OK.)