Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
both seen voted
We've seen this before. It's like murder-suicide both of them get voted down.
cynics-and-cynicism level rough voters
Those are pretty rough numbers, the level of cynicism. He just has not communicated with voters in making his case.
economy economy-and-economics effect fairly ominous retail spending starts
That's the most ominous finding. That could have a fairly significant effect on the state's economy if retail spending starts to be hit.
candidates himself illegal issue issues late lower numbers onto points quality raise win
In late 1993, (Wilson) was at 31 percent, which is even lower than the governor's numbers today, ... He went on to win by 10 points in 1994. There was a lot of grumbling about Pete Wilson, but he was able to distinguish himself from (Democratic candidate) Kathleen Brown, latched onto illegal immigration as an issue and it propelled him to victory. The quality of the campaign, the way candidates raise the salience of issues - all those things matter.
core sticking vulnerable
Clearly, he's in a vulnerable category. His core is sticking with him -- and just about everyone else isn't.
hard imagine opponents scenario turns
If the opponents keep hammering away on that, it's hard to imagine a scenario where this thing turns around.
changes economy economy-and-economics hit man relatively slow
Changes in the economy are relatively slow to hit the man in the street.
allowing decision generally government individual open prohibited rather tend
Generally speaking, Californians tend to be more open to allowing an individual to make a decision rather than having something prohibited through government fiat.
divisive granted large public segments
If he granted clemency, I would say, it would be a very divisive opinion. Large segments of the public would take him to task.
accounting immigrants option puts voters
That's one option voters and non-voters embrace. It puts undocumented immigrants into some kind of accounting system.
ads defeat helping negative seems voters
The barrage of negative ads seems to be influencing voters and helping to defeat Proposition 79,
clearly meant partisan perceived reform
It wasn't meant to be a partisan reform initiative, but it is clearly perceived that way and I think that has to do with the governor.
actual against change direction final moving poll
It's the direction of change that's more important in a final poll than the actual numbers. Unfortunately for the governor, the direction of change is moving against him.
actual change direction numbers revealing
slipping ... and it's the direction of the change that is more revealing than the actual numbers themselves.