Governor 2010

California
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/21-23; surveyed 921 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/26). Party ID breakdown: 46%D, 33%R, 21%I. Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Asn Oth
J. Brown    48% 78% 12% 41% 45% 52% 47% 61% 57% 27% 43%
S. Poizner  32   8  67  31  37  28  40  11  16  27  43
Undec       19  14  21  28  18  20  14  28  27  45  15 

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Asn Oth
J. Brown    48% 79% 11% 38% 48% 48% 46% 72% 55% 27% 37%
M. Whitman  36  11  72  35  40  32  42  17  20  45  43
Undec       16  11  17  27  12  20  12  11  25  27  20 

Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
J. Brown    37%/39% 62%/11%  9%/78% 26%/78% 38%/40% 36%/37%
M. Whitman  24 /44  12 /60  41 /26  21 /36  26 /42  21 /45
S. Poizner  19 /43  13 /48  30 /43  13 /31  20 /42  17 /43

New Mexico
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/27). Tested: State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones (R), atty Pete Domenici Jr. (R), Doña Ana Co. DA Susana Martinez (R), PR firm owner/ex-Gov. Johnson mgr. Doug Turner (R), businessman/ex-NM GOP chair Allen Weh (R) and LG Diane Denish (D).

General Election Matchups

-                Now 3/24
D. Denish        45% 52%
J. Arnold-Jones  31  30
Other            11   6
Undec            13  12

-                Now 3/24
D. Denish        47% 52%
P. Domenici Jr.  30  35
Other            15   6
Undec             9   6 

-                Now 3/24
D. Denish        43% 51%
S. Martinez      42  32
Other             3   7
Undec            12  10 

-                Now 3/24
D. Denish        47% 43%
D. Turner        31  34
Other            11   7
Undec            11  16

-                Now 3/24
D. Denish        45% 45%
A. Weh           39  35
Other             9   7
Undec             7  13 

Fav/Unfav

-                Now     3/24
S. Martinez      57%/29% 30%/29%
D. Denish        53 /41  55 /43
P. Domenici Jr.  47 /42  44 /39
A. Weh           43 /46  33 /31
D. Turner        39 /35  33 /30
J. Arnold-Jones  38 /33  26 /32

Ohio
An Ohio Poll; conducted 5/11-20 by the Univ. of Cincinnati; surveyed 898 adults; margin of error +/- 3.3%. Subsample of 668 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.8% (release, 5/28). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup (LVs)

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Strickland   49% 88% 14% 44% 47% 51%
J. Kasich       44   7  82  30  44  44
Other            1   2   0   5   2   1
Undec            6   4   4  20   7   5 

Strickland As Gov.

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/20 4/09 5/08 4/08 5/07
Approve     55% 69% 40% 64% 57% 54% 48%   56%  61%  64%  68%
Disapprove  35  25  50  25  36  34  37    34   25   24   16

Strickland Handling Economy

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/20 4/09 5/08 4/08
Approve     46% 62% 33% 43% 50% 42% 41%   48%  51%  50%
Disapprove  46  33  62  48  44  48  49    45   38   41