NYT/Reuters: Schwarzenegger with 8-Point Lead Over Challenger
By REUTERS
Published: July 25, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Republican governor, holds an eight-point lead over Democratic challenger and state Treasurer Phil Angelides in their race for the governor's office, the Field Poll reported on Tuesday.
The latest Field Poll found 45 percent of likely voters favor Schwarzenegger for re-election in November with Angelides getting 37 percent.
The Field Poll mirrors another poll released earlier this month by the Survey and Policy Research Institute of San Jose State University. It found Schwarzenegger leading Angelides by 44 percent to 37 percent, helped by improved standing among moderate and independent voters....
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...Schwarzenegger's standing with voters has markedly improved, helped by his call to lawmakers to place a massive public works debt measure on the November ballot and by relatively smooth budget talks with the Democrat-led legislature. That allowed Schwarzenegger last month to sign the state's first on-time spending plan in six years.
Schwarzenegger also is benefiting from improved job performance ratings and a more positive mood of the state's direction -- 49 percent of voters approve of his job performance, up from a low of 36 percent last August. The poll said 47 percent of voters now think the state is headed in the right direction, up from 28 percent in April....
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-california.html
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