Poll: Schwarzenegger approval ranking inching higher (45%)

[Newsjock]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14263569.htm

By Kate Folmar
Mercury News Sacramento Bureau

SACRAMENTO - With Republicans rallying to his cause, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reclaimed a little more of his once-astronomical popularity, but winning re-election could still prove to be a tough slog.

A poll released Tuesday by the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University saw Schwarzenegger's approval rating climb to 45 percent among voters, up from 39 percent in January.

Most of that momentum is fueled by higher rankings among the GOP faithful, some of whom had been alienated by the Republican governor's more centrist actions, and Democratic hires, since last year's failed special election. But Republicans seem to have recovered from the disappointment; 70 percent of them now approve of his job performance, compared to 61 percent in January.

The liberal-leaning Bay Area is the only region where Schwarzenegger's popularity is still trending downward, from 37 percent in January to 30 percent now.

[pinniped]

1. It seems some idiots in CA have the memory span of a goldfish.

.

[AX10]

2. Who commissioned this poll?

Something seems wrong here. Seriously, it does. Other polls have him in the 30's.

[marmar]

3. If it hasn't been said before...

the San Francisco Bay Area rocks!

:yourock:

[movonne]

22. check zogby poll..34% ... I think they are getting ready to steal

the election in calif and want people to think it could be possible for him to win...George Clooney for gov.

[roody]

30. Yes.

Secretary of State McPherson certified Diebold voting machines.

[EFerrari]

33. And they just put in a new "database" that is failing all over

the place, kicking out good voter registrations

They're getting ready to steal, for sure.

[saltpoint]

4. No, that's a different stat. The '45' is an IQ reading, not a poll score.

[Placebo]

5. If California reelects Ahnold...

you all deserve what you get!

[Der Blaue Engel]

19. We didn't elect his ass in the first place

If he won that sham of a recall election without foul play, I'm a monkey's uncle.

You realize the rest of the world is saying the same thing to the US about electing Bush, right? Does America deserve that pissant clown? I think not.

[shanti]

25. thank you!

i'm getting so damn tired of refuting that bs! WE didn't elect him!!!!

[Raine]

41. Yeah

I'm sick of it too and I KNEW as soon as I saw the subject line it wouldn't take more than a couple of posts before the dump on Californians started, sigh. :-(

[kma3346]

35. Yeah!!

I certainly didn't vote for him, and neither did 99 percent of my friends and family. The first thing I thought of when I saw that so-called "poll," is: Oh crap, they're preparing us for the re-installation of Arnold--courtesy of Diebold.

:puke:

[bluestateguy]

6. No it isn't

Corporate polls :eyes:

[AX10]

7. Survery USA puts him at 36% and Zogby at 35%.

[xxqqqzme]

8. not surprising really

corporate media needs 'poll' numbers for steroid boy 2 B up otherwise they can't steal the November election. It has 2 B tooo close 2 call. Then the diebold machines, recently re-certified by the appointed rethug SoS, can take over.

[AX10]

9. Then in reality, his numbers are still below 40%.

This poll was then "made up" to make Arnie look good.

[flyarm]

13. YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT..ITS THE FLA OHIO GAME..SAY ITS CLOSE

over and over again so when they steal it..people think it was close!

bullshit..he is prob really near 15%


calif people you need to shut these damn polls and bullshit down pronto..

from one who knows in fla..fly

[AX10]

16. Zogby has him at just 30% approval.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1094

[flyarm]

34. i know ..but you won't hear that poll publically..the rethugs and msm

will find some obsure corporate poll and run it over and over and over again..and it will show gropenator 20 points higher than he is in reality..its the fla /ohio rethug game..

sets up the steal perfectly!

watch out calif..

from fla..fly

[caligirl]

10. As long as he keeps his trap shut, stays out of view and

keeps his hands to himself his ratings could go up. He's acheived nothing, ticked off everyone, and make no mistake the teachers union and nurses union can severly damage any poll numbers once things start heating up. They are powerful out here, how sad for other states where they don't have that strong a voice.

[AX10]

11. Will the same coalition that defeated him last fall get together again...

to defeat him this fall? That same group coming together would crush Arnold.

I don't believe that he's at 45% though.

[caligirl]

14. They'll support a dem, Angelides is my bet. Meaning Arnold

is keeping a low profile as part of the Bush team strategy.

[shanti]

27. oh yes

the teachers, nurses, firefighters AND state workers are in full force. when the time is close, they will STOMP him into oblivion!

[AX10]

37. When will we see them come out into the open?

[Mz Pip]

12. What a difference

aa few high priced ads make.

Such a fickle bunch of voters we have here in CA. So many just need to be massaged into thinking good thoughts about our Gropernator.

I do believe we get what we deserve. :eyes:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[AX10]

15. Zogby has him at just 30% approval.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1094

[Mz Pip]

17. Before or after

his damn ad blitz? I wonder.

I have NO faith in the voters in CA when it comes to Ahnold. The fact that he's governor at all amazes me.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[AX10]

18. March 21-27, 2006

[Der Blaue Engel]

20. Bullshit. n/t

[WhiteTara]

21. Zogby says it's 34%

for the Herr Boobengroper
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1094
Sounds like someone's trying to make us think he's a okay...:rofl:

[leesa]

23. This is just propaganda. Remember he just hired the BushBot squad

He has done nothing to improve his poor status in Kalifornia

[Ecumenist]

28. EXACTLY...

Leesa...:hi:

[rodeodance]

24. I heard Riick Santorums is inching up also.

[Ecumenist]

26. Oh please....

If you guys believe that, (and I'm a California girl, born and bred), you actually believe that Bush is a Rhodes Scholar... The only place that really love him, (pardon my language), are certain populations in Orange, San Diego, Fresno, Kings, Siskiyou, San Bernardino counties and some of the the Inland Empire. Rabies and Plague, Child molesters, cannibals who consider newborn babies a delicacy are more admired by most of us than that blithering idiot.

[goclark]

29. That poll is sure not what is happening in Los Angeles

People here HATE him with a passion!

I will work the polls night and day ~ this Crook has got to go!

[caligirl]

31. Some news from the Cali nurses, they still hate him..............

http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2006/march/page.jsp?itemID=27589504





Members of the California Nurses Association push what looks like a gurney with a giant soap bar down a hallway as they try to see California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at a fundraiser attendeded by U.S. Sen. John McCain, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, March 20, 2006. The nurses are wearing protective gear and want to hand the symbolic soap bar to Schwarzenegger to clean up corporate corruption. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson)

[mike_c]

32. Zogby has him at 30 percent-- that's a crazy poll spread....

There MUST be some biased sampling involved!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2208570

[Dinger]

36. Fuck Arnold! What Happened To Those Abysmally Low Ratings That Were All

over the news?

[superconnected]

38. He does better when he shuts up.

I bet his popularity would really take off if he retired.

[stepnw1f]

39. Is This Guy That Popular in CA?

Holy shit....

[Mark E. Smith]

40. Let the Mercury News know what you think of their "poll"

They have a blog.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/on_politics/2006/04/poll_position.html#comments