It’s the Economy, Stupid
Voters Mull Their Financial Futures as Governor's Race Gallops Along
New polling shows California’s dire economic straits will dominate the politics of 2010.
Candidates who are confronted by political reporters armed with results of the latest campaign poll are fond of responding dismissively, with the hoariest cliche in the business: “The only poll that matters is the one on election day.”
But politicians who hope to triumph on the ballot next November 2 ignore at their peril at least one pre-election poll that is all but certain to frame every campaign in California in 2010. It’s a just-released survey by the independent Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), which documents and details the depth and breadth of economic despair in the nolonger Golden State.
