Public Policy Polling (1/28-30, California voters, no trendlines):
Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 51
Tom Campbell (R): 37
Undecided: 12Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 55
Carly Fiorina (R): 35
Undecided: 9Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 54
Darrell Issa (R): 33
Undecided: 13Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 52
Steve Poizner (R): 34
Undecided: 14Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 59
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R): 25
Undecided: 17Dianne Feinstein (D-inc): 55
Meg Whitman (R): 35
Undecided: 10
(MoE: ±3.3%)
PPP’s last couple polls (Nebraska, Arizona) have had some bad news for Democrats, so here’s a nice refreshing chaser, albeit one that shouldn’t offer any surprises. If Dems with lukewarm faves (Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown) could win easily in the Dems’ worst year in ages, the state’s most popular politician (Dianne Feinstein, with 50/39 approvals) in a presidential year should be no contest. That’s what PPP finds.
The only Republican here with even remotely positive favorables is Tom Campbell (who already lost to Feinstein once, in 2000, although he’s better known now for losing the 2010 Republican primary to Carly Fiorina), although that may have to do with his little-knownness (21/18) than his moderatism. Everyone else is deep in the hole, no more so than Ahnold, at 25/65 (I think even “The Last Action Hero” tests better than that). My one quibble here is that none of these A-listers are likely to run, paving the way for an even sadder sack in the form of ex-Assemblyman and 2010 GOP primary loser Chuck DeVore, who should have been tested. (He’s already said he’s running for “something” in 2012; unless he plans to out-teabag one of Orange County’s House members, that means the Senate race.)
…they’d tested Feinstein against a primary challenger? A left-nut teabagging, if you will?
Like, say, by Matt Gonzalez or a solidly-lefty Congressman or a termed-out state senator or something? Or heck, even Dan Choi, even if he didn’t have his soul removed at CPAC?
But one thing really stands out looking at the numbers together… all the GOP manage to fall between 33 and 37%… except Arnold who collapses to 25%, eight points less than Issa, which means Arnold loses 1/4 of the people who would support the least popular other GOP choice. Brrrrrrrrrr.
And to beat the dead horse, I wish they would have not just sampled DeVore, but sampled any Dem instead of Feinstein, and any Dem against Feinstein and one or two Republicans inthe jungle primary setting.
Like Mary Bono Mack. But still it is interesting to see polls like this.
This week we have a lot of states polled by PPP. Some reason for it?
SC
AZ
NE
SD
CA
someone more?
I really hope she runs again
Carly: “I was a CEO of HP!”
Voter: “Umm…. HP as in Hewlett-Packard?”
Carly: hangs head in shame “yes….”