Reply #28: Arnie's Popularity Plummets as Californians Tire of his Reform Pledges

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Arnie's popularity plummets as Californians tire of his reform pledges

Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Friday August 26, 2005
The Guardian


The honeymoon is over for California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician is facing plummeting popularity.

An opinion poll this week showed Mr Schwarzenegger with an approval rating of only 34% - a 31-point drop in the past year.

This puts him even lower than President George W Bush, who won an approval rating of 38% from Californians interviewed for the survey.

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Mr Schwarzenegger's ratings have steadily declined since he proposed cutting benefits for public-sector workers, including nurses, teachers, firefighters and the police. Since the early summer, he has faced a stream of negative advertising from unions representing nurses and teachers

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