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Dianne Feinstein's support dives in Field Poll
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jun 22, 2011 06:04am |
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| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington -- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's popularity has plunged by double digits from her previous re-election ratings, according to a new Field Poll survey, demonstrating the toll that the anemic economy is taking on incumbent Democrats, including President Obama, heading into next year's elections.
Campaigning for a fourth full term, Feinstein enjoys a four-point edge, 43 to 39 percent, among registered California voters asked if they would vote for her - even as a strong majority, 46 to 31 percent, approves of the job she is doing. Eighteen percent of voters have no opinion on whether they'd vote for her, leaving a wide opening among swing voters for a potential challenger.
Stunning result, twice
The result stunned poll director Mark DiCamillo, who said he initially dismissed as an aberration a similar outcome in a March poll that had one of the state's most-popular politicians falling so far from favor. The nonpartisan Field Poll is considered one of the most reliable surveys in the state.
DiCamillo cited economic woes and the Tea Party's influence on the state GOP as reasons for Feinstein's weakened grip on the electorate. California's 11.7 percent unemployment rate is second-highest in the nation after Nevada, and its housing market remains deeply depressed.
"With Feinstein, we've never seen these kinds of numbers before, where it's so close," DiCamillo said. "I was more surprised in March, but to see it replicated - this was a large sample - I just think it's a very different economic and political backdrop we're going to have in 2012 than we've seen in any previous election year for Feinstein." |
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