Governor 2010

California
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/19; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/21). Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

General Election Matchups

-           Now 3/15 2/15 1/19 11/17 9/24
J. Brown    50% 42%  46%  45%  43%   45%
S. Poizner  32  27   34   35   32    32
Other       10  13    7    9    7     5
Undec        8  18   13   11   18    18

-           Now 3/15 2/15 1/19 11/17 9/24 1/09
J. Brown    44% 40%  43%  43%  41%   44%  40%
M. Whitman  38  40   43   39   41    35%  38
Other        9   6    6    7    3     3    5
Undec        9  14    8   11   14    18   17

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     3/15    2/15    1/19    11/17   9/24
J. Brown    51%/42% 46%/44% 53%/41% 49%/40% 48%/41% 53%/37%
M. Whitman  47 /43  51 /34  56 /28  48 /30  47 /27  45 /28
S. Poizner  38 /46  29 /47  38 /37  40 /31  36 /26  36 /32

A McLaughlin & Assoc. (R) poll; conducted 4/18-19 for Whitman; surveyed 600 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/21). Tested: Whitman and Poizner.

Primary Election Matchup

M. Whitman  55%
S. Poizner  24

Fav/Unfav

M. Whitman  53%/22%
S. Poizner  26 /30

Regardless Of Your Vote, Who Do You Think Will Win The GOP Primary?

M. Whitman  64%
S. Poizner  10

Regardless Of Your Vote, Who Do You Think Is The Stronger GOP Candidate To Beat Brown?

M. Whitman  60%
S. Poizner  16

A Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research (R) poll; conducted 4/10-13; surveyed 304 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 5.6% (release, 4/22). Tested: Poizner and Whitman. (Note: Each candidate is ID by his/her ballot designation: Poizner is "Businessman" and Whitman is "Businesswoman".)

Primary Election Matchup

-           All Men Wom
M. Whitman  47% 52% 44%
S. Poizner  19  20  17
Uhdec       31  24  38