Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/American Viewpoint for the Los Angeles Times and University of Southern California (5/19-26, likely voters for primary, registered voters for general, 3/20-23 in parentheses):
Carly Fiorina (R): 38 (25)
Tom Campbell (R): 23 (29)
Chuck DeVore (R): 16 (9)
(MoE: ±4.5%)Barbara Boxer (D-inc): 44
Carly Fiorina (R): 38Barbara Boxer (D-inc): 38
Tom Campbell (R): 45Barbara Boxer (D-inc): 46
Chuck DeVore (R): 36
(MoE: ±2.6%)
Meg Whitman (R): 53 (60)
Steve Poizner (R): 29 (20)
(MoE: ±4.5%)Jerry Brown (D): 44 (41)
Meg Whitman (R): 38 (44)Jerry Brown (D): 45 (53)
Steve Poizner (R): 31 (22)
(MoE: ±2.6%)
Here’s one more poll confirming the last-minute surge for Carly Fiorina in the GOP Senate primary, which seems to have advertising disparities at its root: trailing by 4 in the late March LA Times/USC poll, she’s now up by 15. The previous poll only tested “Generic Republican” in the primary, and today’s results show why that was kind of silly, given the very different candidate profiles: Tom Campbell beats Barbara Boxer while Fiorina loses (I don’t think any other poll has had such a Campbell/Fiorina disparity in the general, though, and PPP went the opposite direction the other week, where Fiorina performed the best against Boxer).
On the gubernatorial side, this poll is remarkably right in line with other recent polls showing Meg Whitman’s big lead in the primary (50-29 Pollster average today) and Jerry Brown’s smaller lead over Whitman in November (46-39 Pollster average today).