California General Election and Politics) STAT SHEET
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STUDY #535 Results from the Los Angeles Times Poll September 23-28, 2006 (California General Election and Politics) STAT SHEET Guide to Column Headings Among likely voters: LV All likely voters DEM Registered Democrats IND Registered Independents REP Registered Republicans LIB Self-described Liberals MOD Self-described Moderates CON Self-described Conservatives MEN Males WOM Females Note: Most trend results are among (ALL) all adults in California and some (*RV) registered voters (vol.) indicates a volunteered response ‘–‘ indicates of less than 0.5% Q1. Do you think things in California are generally going in the right direction or are they seriously off on the wrong track? LV DEM IND REP LIB MOD CON MEN WOM Right direction 41 30 47 52 30 38 53 46 37 Wrong track 46 54 45 35 55 48 36 44 47 Don’t know 13 16 8 13 15 14 11 10 16 -Continued on the next page. © Los Angeles Times 2006. All rights reserved. page 1 California/General Election/September 2006 -Continued from the previous page. TREND FOR Q1 among All POLL/QN Date Right direction Wrong track Don’t know 528/Q1 05/06 34 53 13 527/Q1 04/06 30 58 12 523/Q1 10/05 26 60 14 509/Q2 10/04 42 46 12 506/Q1 09/04 45 43 12 502/Q1 04/04 36 56 8 498/Q1 02/04 34 53 13 486/Q1 08/03 17 71 12 485/Q1 07/03 24 65 11 483/Q1 03/03 24 68 8 476/Q1 10/02 46 39 15 474/Q1 09/02 41 45 14 466/Q1 02/02 46 36 18 464/Q1 01/02 48 37 15 461/Q1 06/01 29 57 14 453/Q1 02/01 38 47 15 451/Q1 01/01 45 40 15 446/Q2 10/00 51 39 10 437/Q1 02/00 53 30 17 428/Q5 06/99 52 34 14 426/Q10 05/99 46 39 15 418/Q7 10/98 54 33 13 416/Q5 09/98 61 28 11 411/Q7 05/98 48 39 13 410/Q8 04/98 52 38 10 403/Q8 12/97 47 38 15 400/Q7 10/97 46 40 14 386/Q8 10/96 42 44 14 383/Q7 09/96 39 53 8 378/Q7 07/96 34 54 12 372/Q6 03/96 32 53 15 365/Q6 09/95 27 64 9 55/Q9 03/95 32 55 13 48/Q6 10/94 27 64 9 46/Q6 10/94 23 65 12 43/Q6 09/94 25 63 12 35/Q6 05/94 25 65 10 33/Q6 03/94 25 63 12 24/Q6 10/93 18 74 8 320/Q9 09/93 20 68 12 310/Q6 03/93 18 72 10 301/Q5 10/92 14 80 6 298/Q6 09/92 12 82 6 282/Q6 05/92 13 80 7 264/Q6 12/91 18 69 13 260/Q6 10/91 28 60 12 252/Q9 05/91 31 59 10 © Los Angeles Times 2006. All rights reserved. page 2 California/General Election/September 2006 Q2. What do you think is the most important problem facing California today? Is there another problem you feel is almost as important? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED) LV DEM IND REP LIB MOD CON MEN WOM Illegal immigration 34 21 32 50 17 33 49 36 33 Education 26 27 29 22 33 30 19 22 31 Economy (in general) 12 15 11 10 10 13 13 11 13 Taxes 9 2 9 16 2 5 17 11 6 Gasoline prices 7 9 6 7 7 9 6 5 10 Environment 7 10 4 3 14 5 3 6 8 Health care 6 11 6 2 11 8 2 4 9 Crime 6 9 5 3 8 6 4 6 6 Jobs leaving California 5 5 9 3 7 4 4 4 6 Over-development 5 7 8 3 7 5 4 6 4 Traffic/congestion 4 4 12 4 6 3 5 6 3 Affordable housing 4 5 – 3 3 8 2 3 5 State budget deficit 3 2 5 5 2 3 4 4 3 Republican governor/Arnold Schwarzenegger 3 4 2 1 6 2 – 3 2 Inflation 3 3 8 1 4 2 3 3 3 Lack of infrastructure maintenance 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 Drugs 2 3 – – 2 – 2 1 3 Unemployment 2 4 2 – 3 3 1 3 2 Businesses leaving state 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 Electricity/gas rates are high 2 2 4 3 1 3 3 2 3 Breakdown of family values 2 1 – 3 1 – 3 2 1 Homelessness/poverty 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 Democrats controlling legislature 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 2 1 Government (in general) 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 3 1 Over regulating businesses 1 – – 1 – 1 1 1 – Terrorism/homeland security 1 1 – 2 1 – 2 1 1 Worker's compensation 1 1 – 1 1 1 – 1 1 Lack of community spirit 1 – – 1 1 – 1 – 1 Racism 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 2 – Welfare 1 – – 2 – 1 1 1 1 Corruption in government 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lack of leadership 1 1 – – – 1 – – 1 Political atmosphere 1 2 1 – 2 2 1 2 1 Iraq war/situation in Iraq 1 2 2 – 3 – – 1 1 Public transportation 1 1 – 1 2 1 1 1 1 Water shortage 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Gangs 1 1 – 1 1 – 1 – 2 Prison system 1 – 1 1 – – 1 – 1 Gay rights/same sex marriage – – – 1 – – 1 – – Senior citizen issues – 1 – – 1 – – – – Judicial system – 1 – – 1 – – 1 – Nothing in particular 2 – 4 3 – 4 2 2 1 Other 7 5 8 9 6 9 7 8 6 Don’t know – – – – – 1 – 1 – -Continued on the next page. © Los Angeles Times 2006. All rights reserved. page 3 California/General Election/September 2006 TREND FOR Q2 POLL/QN 527/Q2 523/Q2 Date 04/06 11/05 ALL ALL Illegal immigration 34 Education 25 Gas prices 24 Illegal immigration 13 Education 23 Budget deficit 12 Economy 8 Economy 12 Budget deficit 7 Gas prices 9 Affordable housing 5 Crime 7 Jobs 5 Republican governor/Schwarzenegger 6 Healthcare 5 Healthcare 6 Crime 4 Jobs 5 Inflation 4 Affordable housing 5 Traffic 4 Nothing in particular 3 Unemployment 3 Gangs 3 Environment 3 Inflation 3 Republican governor/Arnold Taxes 3 Schwarzenegger 2 Unemployment 3 Levee repair/flood control 2 Traffic 3 Iraq war 2 Homelessness 3 Gangs 2 Over-development 3 Electricity 2 Unions 2 Lack of infrastructure 2 Lack of infrastructure 2 Taxes 2 Democrats controlling legislature 2 Over-development 2 Government (in general) 2 Nothing in particular 1 Environment 2 Drugs 1 Lack of leadership 2 Violence 1 Political atmosphere 2 Businesses leaving state 1 Violence 1 Over regulating businesses 1 Businesses leaving state 1 Terrorism 1 Drugs 1 Family values 1 High electricity rates 1 Gay rights 1 Over regulating businesses 1 Homelessness 1 Terrorism 1 Lack of community spirit 1 Worker’s compensation 1 Racism 1 Breakdown of family values 1 Senior citizen issues 1 Gay rights 1 Welfare 1 Lack of community spirit 1 Democrats controlling legislature 1 Problems with youth 1 Government (in general) 1 Racism 1 Government corruption 1 Senior citizen issues 1 Governmental over-regulation 1 Welfare 1 Lack of leadership 1 Government corruption 1 Political atmosphere 1 Governmental over-regulation 1 Public transportation 1 Iraq war 1 Worker’s compensation – Public transportation 1 George W. Bush/Federal government – George W. Bush/Federal government – Judicial system – Drought – Prison system – Bilingual education issues – Other 7 Police brutality – Don’t know 3 Recession – Greed – Moral values – Other 9 Don’t know 3 © Los Angeles Times 2006. All rights reserved. page 4 California/General Election/September 2006 TREND FOR Q2 COT’D POLL/QN 502/Q2 485/Q2 Date 04/04 07/03 ALL ALL Budget deficit 20 Budget deficit 27 Economy 18 Education 23 Education 17 Economy 13 Jobs 11 Unemployment 13 Illegal immigration 9 Taxes 7 High gas prices 7 Energy crisis 6 Unemployment 6 Democratic governor 6 Taxes 5 Crime 5 Environment 5 Environment 4 Healthcare 5 Too much growth/development 4 Iraq war 5 Illegal immigration 4 Affordable housing 4 Government (general) 4 Too much growth 4 Affordable housing 3 Crime 3 Healthcare 3 Businesses leaving state 3 Lack of leadership 2 Energy crisis 3 Traffic 2 Terrorism 3 Government corruption 2 Inflation 2 Gangs 2 Democrats controlling legislature 2 High electricity rates 2 Government (in general) 2 High gasoline prices 2 Moral values decline 2 Lack of infrastructure 2 Traffic 2 Homelessness 2 Drugs 1 Judicial system 1 Gangs 1 Violence 1 Judicial system 1 Businesses leaving the state 1 Prison system 1 Drugs 1 Lack of infrastructure 1 Terrorism 1 Too much business regulation 1 Breakdown of family values 1 Family values 1 Drought 1 Drought 1 Police brutality 1 Homelessness 1 Racism 1 Problem with youth 1 Welfare 1 Racism 1 Democrats controlling legislature 1 Welfare 1 Governmental over-regulation 1 Government corruption 1 Political atmosphere 1 Governmental over-regulation 1 Moral decline 1 Lack of leadership 1 Public transportation 1 Political atmosphere 1 Inflation – Greed 1 High natural gas rate – Cutting government programs 1 Recession – Gay marriage 1 Too much business regulations – George W. Bush/Federal government 1 Bilingual education issues – Violence – Prison system – High electricity rate – Lack of community spirit – Lack of community spirit – Problems with youth – Natural gas – Greed – Recession – Insurance – Senior issues – Media – Media – Nothing in particular 2 Public transportation – Other 6 Nothing in particular/Other 10 Don’t know 3 Don’t know 2 © Los Angeles Times 2006.