Davis Poll Shows Recall Race a 'Jump Ball'

[Khephra]

Davis Poll Shows Recall Race a 'Jump Ball'
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By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On the day before California voters decide whether to throw him out of office, Democratic Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites)'s campaign said on Monday a new internal poll shows the recall race in a dead heat as support softens for Republican rival Arnold Schwarzenegger.


As Schwarzenegger remained mired in allegations of sexual misconduct, the Davis camp said a tracking survey of 1,200 likely voters from Friday through Sunday found an almost even split, 50 percent to 48 percent, between those favoring a "yes" vote on the recall and those planning to vote "no."


The margin of error, according to the Davis camp, was plus or minus 4 points.


"It's a jump ball," Gabriel Sanchez, a spokesman for Davis, told reporters. "What we've seen over the (past) three days is support growing a lot among some among men, but more among women."

more.........

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20031007/pl_nm/politics_california_polls_dc

[Cha]

1. Any Woman who votes for arnie is living in

a figment of her imagination.

[AntiCoup2K4]

16. Are you kidding, between the lying media and the electro fraud potential..

...they could have African Americans voting for David DuKKKe and it wouldn't surprise me anymore.

[mitchtv]

2. they say 2mil have already voted

that's a lot

[oneighty]

3. A case against

absentee voting..Never did trust that type of voting.

180

[Governor Davis]

4. But we got many of the absentee votes out

Unions were big on getting people to vote absentee. Don't make that mean anything.

[CMT]

6. great to see you posting on DU, Governor!!

Are you impressed with the support we are giving you? :) Good Luck Tomorrow.

[Noordam]

9. And their absentee votes will COUNT vs the Touchscreen Magic

votes.

I will never vote Touchscreen again.

[CMT]

5. it will come down to turnout

as usual. I hope our troops are reved up and ready to go.

[PlanetBev]

8. I just voted absentee for the first time.

I suspect that people who vote absentee are people who have firm ideas and nothing is going to sway them. I knew I was going to vote no on the recall and yes on Bustamante right away and there would be no swaying me against it. I got my ballot in the same day, no looking back. I don't think that those earlier voters would have gone for Davis even if the ass-grabber stories had come out three weeks ago. I'm not worried too much about the two million ballots. The only thing that matters is who comes out tomorrow. There is some belief out there that some Democrats whose wind had initially gone out of their sails might be energized to get out and vote because of the Arnie the Octopus deal. What say you all?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. There's also a lot of Republicans voting NO on the recall

that are voting for Arnold on the second half of the ballot. The press has been curiously silent about that.

[jenk]

7. must be true because Drudge is trying to discredit one of the accusers

Still, my gut tells me Gray will lose and Ahnuld will cruise into office......god I hope I'm wrong.

[The Zanti Regent]

13. If Arnold steals the election, IMPEACH HIM

Bring on the star witness--GREG PALAST!

IMPEACH ARNOLD!

[True_Blue]

17. Drudge is getting desperate

The link to the story goes to a post at freerepublic of all places. The other link is just a picture in Yahoo and it doesn't say a thing about her lying.

[jenk]

18. the point is

it gets SEEN on drudgereport

[sonias]

10. I'm holding hope for CA

Arnold the predator must not win the race. I am thinking huge positive thoughts for CA. I am visualizing that Davis will hold the line and manage to stay in office. Also I am hopeful that all these women that came forward will continue to speak out, no matter what the outcome. Arnold should be held accountable for this abuse.

Sonia

[jiacinto]

12. See

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=482604&mesg_id=482604

If that Washington Post article is any indication then I fear that the voters will not care about Arnold's womanizing. What I find sad is how a young woman in that article reacts.

[w4rma]

15. freeper woman?

My sister and I went to the rally in Sacramento today and we were both intereviewed by a tv reporter from LA probably because we had the "remarkable women for Arnold" signs.

The only thing the reporter wanted to know was how we felt about the accusations against Arnold.

One really rude man came along and told my sister "You've got big boobs, he (meaning Arnold) would probably grope you."

Not good.


My sister told that rude guy off and the reporter ran him off.

Quite a day.

8 posted on 10/05/2003 8:43 PM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995807/posts?page=8#8

[True_Blue]

14. According to the Knight Ridder/NBC Poll

Support for recall has dropped to 44 percent. :toast:

"In the final hours of California's recall campaign, new polls indicate Governor Davis may yet get to keep his job.

Californian voters on Tuesday face a two-part ballot that asks if Mr. Davis should be recalled from office, and if so, who should replace him.

A Knight Ridder/NBC news poll found the percentage of voters who will definitely vote to recall Governor Davis dropped from 52 percent last week to 44 percent Saturday. The number of undecided voters climbed four points to 12 percent in the same period.

The slipping support for the recall follows recent allegations from 15 women that leading Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger touched them inappropriately during separate incidents over a number of years."
more...

http://tinyurl.com/pzai

[jenk]

19. FOX says support for recall still up in the high 50's......bastards

they're really blowing hard for ahnuld

[burr]

20. knight-ridder poll reveals an alarming factor.

Only 44% of those polled say they will vote to oust Davis, but 54% say that they support the recall. This demonstrates that around 10-7% of the voters don't understand that a vote in favor of the recall is a vote against Davis. Many many be saying that they support the recall, and then hope to vote for Davis as their candidate.

Hopefully the other poll, that says only 50% or less support the recall, is correct.

[0rganism]

21. That's an interesting point

How, exactly, is the question phrased on the ballot? Anyone know?