http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/recall/la-me-poll1oct01,1,4913112.story?coll=la-home-headlinesPoll Shows Recall, Schwarzenegger With Solid Support
By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer
A solid majority of likely voters favors removing Gov. Gray Davis from office in the recall election on Tuesday, and Arnold Schwarzenegger has surged ahead of his rivals in the race to succeed him, according to a new Los Angeles Times Poll.
By 56 percent to 42 percent, likely voters support ousting the Democratic incumbent, a sign that Davis has lost ground in the closing phase of his battle for political survival. Support for Davis has slipped among key parts of his political base -- Democrats, women, moderates and liberals among them -- since the last Times Poll in early September found 50 percent for the recall and 47 percent against it.
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Tapping that public anger is Schwarzenegger, whose campaign against "business-as-usual politics in Sacramento" has soared in popularity as voters weigh alternatives to Davis. The Republican actor is favored by 40 percent of likely voters, followed by Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat, with 32 percent, and Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock with 15 percent.
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More not good news: Arianna had one-half of one percent.
Poll analysis:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/recall/la-me-poll1oct01-488pa1an,1,4658939.story?coll=la-home-headlines