FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Contact: Adam D. Probolsky (949) 855-6400, Anthony York (916) 444-7665
New California Poll Results: Meg Whitman Takes the Lead Among Republicans for California’s Governor
SACRAMENTO, CA – Results from the latest Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research California Poll were released today.
Meg Whitman is now capturing 37% of the vote in the Republican Primary Election for Governor–a dramatic increase of more than 25% over a similar poll conducted earlier this year in May. Whitman, for the moment, is the clear front-runner among Republican candidates, placing her well ahead of Tom Campbell and Steve Poizner.
Poll director Adam Probolsky says the surge in Whitman’s popularity is directly related to campaign spending, “Whitman has spent nearly twenty-million dollars to grow her name ID. That kind of unchecked promotion has yielded impressive results. Her opponents have chosen not to join her in the spending game thus far.”
In the Democratic Primary for Governor, Jerry Brown, who now lacks a named opponent, captures 46% of the vote but 26% would choose someone else and 25% are undecided.
Other key findings included:
• 41% of Decline to State voters indicate they would choose to vote in a Democratic Primary Election, an increase of 8% since May
• Over one-half of those who would vote in a Republican Primary Election become less likely to vote for Whitman knowing her scant voting record
• Poizner’s past campaign contributions to former Vice President Al Gore and the Gore-Lieberman post-election vote recount makes nearly 70% of Republican Primary Election voters less likely to cast their ballot for Poizner
• Age doesn’t appear to be a consideration factor to those who would vote in the Democratic Primary Election, with 51% indicating that it makes no difference to them that if elected, Jerry Brown at the age of 72 will be the oldest Governor California has ever had
• Most voters feel that California is on the wrong track
• One-half of voters give the legacy of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s time in office a “D” or “F” grade
• 52% of respondents say marijuana should remain illegal
The in-depth Capitol Weekly article can be found here, with the full research report at www.probolskyresearch.com or by following this link.
The Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research California Poll is a quarterly statewide survey of voters sponsored by Capitol Weekly, California’s only newspaper devoted solely to state politics, in conjunction with Probolsky Research LLC, a California-based full service public opinion research and polling firm.
The publishers of Capitol Weekly are Arnold and Karen York. The Yorks also publish the Malibu Times.
Probolsky Research is a full service opinion research organization, with government, corporate and political practice areas.
A total of 750 California voters who are likely to vote in the 2010 Primary Election were polled. A survey of this size yields a margin of error of +/-3.7%.
Another dotcom bubbled bursting hag leftover now trying to exploit politics for their own personal gain.
Notice how “Meg” didn’t even have her face put to her little ad? A billionaire run for political seat is hoping no one notices that she’s as unattractive in person as unattractive her message is to the rest of us. She’s got nothing to help california. She’s got billions to help herself try and exploit California.
She thinks were all pretty stupid and can be bought. Let’s just see about that….
You simply have no idea of anything that Meg Whitman is about. You just try to seem intelligent in your response, but you have not one item to site regarding her plan as governor. Nice try. But your ignorance shows through like a floodlight.
It’s not “site” but “cite.” And the Red Vixen is now dead, may she rest in peace.
And she sounds quite Palinesque with her sarcasm.
Whereas, I disagree with the political positions of Tom Campbell, he’s always appeared to be a thoughtful legislator and a true gentleman in demeanor. Why in the world would Republicans pick a Fiorina over a civil and contemplative conservative like Campbell. He’s not sufficiently abrasive?
Here’s a HYPOCRITE whose states she’s 100 % against legalizing weed but supports everyone in the Drug pushing industry . Names like , MCCain , PayPal , Romney & more . Is this who your Children want to see running for Governor while they are growing up ?
Smut Peddler, Guv Hopeful Meg Whitman Waffles on Porn Subsidies
By Matt Smith in Politics
Wed., Apr. 15 2009 @ 4:37PM
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Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, who as eBay CEO proved her mettle as a hardcore fetish pornography entrepreneur, did not respond to an inquiry Wednesday about whether as governor she would seek to continue a California program that, until recently, subsidized the production of smut.
Next week’s SF Weekly includes an exclusive report about a California economic development program that has routed tens of thousands of dollars in subsidies to an Internet pornography producer. Continuing — or even bolstering — this practice would seem a tailor-made campaign issue for Whitman, who bills herself as a business whiz ready to revive the California economy. She backs her economic talk with real chops: In 1998, just as eBay was preparing an initial stock offering, Whitman oversaw the creation of a special eBay site exclusively for the sale of pornography. The move was prescient — though much porn consumption has shifted to streaming Internet video, there’s still a market for specialized fetish material best sold in DVD — or otherwise physically-shippable form.
In this spirit, Whitman’s “eBay Adults Only” brainchild is a place where, on April 15, $5.94 got one into the bidding for a DVD titled Redneck Trailer Torture. With $12 one could vie for “porn star Brianna Ryder’s personal g-string,” and $7.99 put one in the running for the DVD Grandma Has Sex With Everybody! Anal, Oral, Group!
By mid-day on April 15, Whitman’s adults-only Web-auction brainchild had more than 87,000 items for sale, with prices the $5-$20 range. If this is typical, a back-of-the-used-thong calculation suggests an eBay porno-based income of several million dollars per year, potentially funding dozens of California jobs.
On Wednesday SF Weekly asked Whitman spokesman Mitch Zak whether, given Whitman’s smut-peddling success, the porn-industry could count on her support as governor. Zak had not responded by press time