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If Clinton elected voters would like to see more Democrats in Congress: Voters less disposed to send more Republicans to Congress if Bush is elected ( - Mervin D Field

Clinton-Gore seen as better able than Bush-Quayle to handle most of nation's pressing issues (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

[California public opinion regarding Japan-U.S. relations] (Release) - Mervin D Field

Views of individual legislators different than overall images of legislative bodies: Strong latent anti-incumbency attitudes (Release) - Mervin D Field

Feinstein and Boxer have big leads over Seymour and Herschensohn (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

High job expectations for Clinton but public was more optimistic about Reagan and Bush's ability to perform when they first took office (The Field pol - Mervin D Field

Clinton's job performance not measuring up to public's expectations (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Belief that NAFTA will decrease jobs and hurt business causing negative view of trade pact (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Public concerned about many issues: State economy, AIDS, public schools, crime and law enforcement head the list (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Clinton leads Bush on most issues which voters rate very important: Clinton ahead in most areas of the state and among most demographic sub-groups (Th - Mervin D Field

Two definite impressions of Clinton's deficit reduction plan: Taxes will go up and little or no deficit reduction (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

While Perot has lost personal support, voters feel that his candidacy will help focus attention on the economy and budget deficit (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Boxer's once commanding 22-point lead now down to one point, Feinstein maintaining a fourteen-point lead over Seymour (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Majority of Californians thinks that Simpson is guilty: Plurality thinks it more likely to be "heat of passion" manslaughter rather than first degree - Mervin D Field

Clinton getting so-so job ratings, improvement in Wilson appraisal (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Upsurge in Ross Perot's popularity in California (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Perot has lost luster: Decline in the proportions who like him and think his actions will help solve country's problems (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

Prop. 164 (congressional term limits) only initiative where voters have taken a firm position (The Field poll) - Mervin D Field

California democrats unenthused about Clinton, Brown, wish there were other choices, support the idea of the party considering Perot as its Democratic - Mervin D Field

Public's high regard for Bush's handling of Persian Gulf War outweighs his not so favorable ratings on domestic issues (Release) - Mervin D Field

Name recognition and image appraisals for various political figures (Release) - Mervin D Field

Economic issues recede as the most pressing problems facing the public in their communities and the state. Crime moves to the top of the list (Release - Mervin D Field

Further deterioration in Congress' standing as a result of bad check scandal (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian's job ratings more favorable than those of Reagan, Cranston and Wilson (Release) - Mervin D Field

While California public likes present initiative system, amenable to some proposed changes (Release) - Mervin D Field

Level of public support for death penalty at all-time high--83% (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public expresses considerable interest in playing the state lottery (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians very positive about their economic well-being. Most say they are better off now than before and expect improvement next year (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big drop in proportion of public who plays the state lottery. Just 12% of the public accounts for 69% of the lottery's total volume (Release) - Mervin D Field

Favorable job performance ratings for Bush, Deukmejian, and Wilson, unfavorable appraisal of Quayle, no change in Cranston ratings (Release) - Mervin D Field

Name recognition and image appraisals of various state political figures (Release) - Mervin D Field

Majority of Californians disagree with Supreme Court's flag burning decision and would approve constitutional amendment making such an act illegal (Re - Mervin D Field

Prop. 62 not generating much public attention, awareness of measure unusually low with voters evenly divided (Release) - Mervin D Field

While proportion of absentee voters may reach a new high in tomorrow's election, overall voter participation likely to reach post-war low (Release) - Mervin D Field

Declining sense of economic well-being (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians favor more restrictions on smoking in public places. Would approve big boost in cigarette tax (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big gains in GOP identification. Democrats no longer have edge (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians overwhelmingly support a person's right to die (Release) - Mervin D Field

Republican U.S. senatorial nomination preferences widely fragmented among twelve possible candidates (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public prefers present system of Governor and Lt. Governor being elected separately. Opposes idea of having two top nominees running together as a tic - Mervin D Field

Many Californians think institution of marriage has weakened during the past decade (Release) - Mervin D Field

Designated hitter rule: National League fans hate it. American League fans love it (Release) - Mervin D Field

No GOP senatorial candidate has clear lead in crowded field (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson leads McCarthy by nine percentage points. Press trails McCarthy by wide margin in Democratic primary (Release) - Mervin D Field

Plurality of voters now inclined to deny Rose Bird reconfirmation but increase in disposition to confirm other justices (Release) - Mervin D Field

If Bradley runs for Governor he starts off with strong support from Democrats (Release) - Mervin D Field

News organizations probing too far in private lives of candidates. Most believe press is responsible, but TV seen as less so in political coverage tha - Mervin D Field

California public has considerable doubts about soundness of state's judicial system (Release) - Mervin D Field

Herschensohn, Zschau, Davis lead in thirteen candidate GOP Senate race. Big regional differences in vote preferences (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public very upbeat in assessment of state's and own economic well-being (Release) - Mervin D Field

McCarthy holds narrow lead over Curb, Campbell and Davis in close race, Van de Kamp and Eu have huge leads over GOP rivals (Release) - Mervin D Field

Increase in proportion of voters disposed to deny Rose Bird another term on state's high court (Release) - Mervin D Field

Dole is stronger than Bush when paired against Democratic candidates (Release) - Mervin D Field

Democratic candidates leading GOP rivals in Controller, Attorney General and State Secretary races (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public strongly backs state drinking and driving law. Wants to make penalties even stricter (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public concerned about a number of environmental issues. Sees no reason to trade off environmental protection and economic growth (Release) - Mervin D Field

Cesar Chavez widely known and has favorable image but public evenly split on new grape boycott (Release) - Mervin D Field

Prop. 62, the late Howard Jarvis' local tax initiative, not getting much attention (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public feels that California Coastal Act a good law. Attaches high degree of importance to its provisions to preserve this state's coast (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian, Cranston and Wilson favorable job ratings unchanged \ (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public unconcerned about lottery delay. Sees benefits in tardiness in getting operations under way (Release) - Mervin D Field

Prop. 40 (campaign spending) and Prop. 41 (welfare-public assistance programs) not generating much voter attention (Release) - Mervin D Field

While some quality of life aspects have declined, large majority of Californians think this state is one of the best places to live (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian's job performance rated very high by California public (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian leads Bradley by eight percentage points. Both likely gubernatorial candidates highly regarded by voters (Release) - Mervin D Field

Early preferences '88 presidential race. Kennedy, Hart and Cuomo lead Democrats. Bush, Dole, Baker and Kemp lead GOPers (Release) - Mervin D Field

No clear leader among nine GOP Senatorial hopefuls. Each loses to Cranston in simulated general election pairings (Release) - Mervin D Field

Majority of Californians still pro-choice. Oppose constitutional amendment that would make abortion illegal (Release) - Mervin D Field

Happiness quotient of California public increasing (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public split down the middle in its regard for Rose Bird. Evenly divided on her confirmation election (Release) - Mervin D Field

Jackson leads Dukakis and other announced candidates for Democratic presidential nomination. However, Cuomo would lead if he were running (Release) - Mervin D Field

Curb's lead over Richardson has narrowed in GOP Lt. Governor race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Curb better known than other GOP Lt. Governor contenders but has the lowest image rating (Release) - Mervin D Field

Initial positive voter reaction to four of the five auto insurance initiatives. Only Prop. 104 (no-fault) is generating early negative reaction (Relea - Mervin D Field

Sentiment running strongly in favor of deep pockets initiative among the minority of the electorate that has seen or heard something about it (Release - Mervin D Field

Voters don't think clergymen should be in politics. Only small proportions of voters think Jackson or Robertson qualified to be President or Vice Pres - Mervin D Field

More Californians think destructive earthquake likely, but only a few worry about it (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public sees big improvement in state's financial condition. While concern about taxes continues to abate, majority still prefers cutting spending rath - Mervin D Field

Curb leading Richardson among Republicans in Lt. Governor race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Dukakis leading Jackson 44% to 33%. Both have added to their totals as Democratic field has winnowed. Gore trails with 4% (Release) - Mervin D Field

Garamendi and Davis leading among Democrats, while Campbell and Sebastiani ahead among Republicans in State Controller primary races (Release) - Mervin D Field

Davis pulls almost even with Garamendi among Democrats for State Controller, while Campbell leads Sebastiani and Stanford among Republicans. Curb lead - Mervin D Field

Cranston has 13 point lead over Zschau early in general election campaign (Release) - Mervin D Field

Reagan, Deukmejian, Wilson continue to get very favorable job performance marks. Cranston's ratings have improved somewhat (Release) - Mervin D Field

Inclinations of GOP and democratic voters to support leading presidential candidates (Release) - Mervin D Field

State Controller's race: Garamendi leading Davis and McAlister among Democrats. Campbell leading Sebastiani and Stanford among Republicans. Very large - Mervin D Field

First report on public awareness and reaction to five November ballot initiatives (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters say they would be less favorable to candidates who avoid or refuse to debate their rivals (Release) - Mervin D Field

Prop. 63, the initiative which would declare English as the state's official language has very large majority support (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public believes that people have become less honest: Large proportions admit to committing a variety of dishonest acts (Release) - Mervin D Field

In the Prop. 65 campaign, the ten to one ratio of support to opposition found last August has dropped to three to two as of about a week before the el - Mervin D Field

No clear cut leader in GOP senatorial race. Zschau moves up in rankings. Increase in proportion of GOP voters disinclined to vote for Fiedler. Cransto - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian leads Bradley by 18 points. Sentiment continues to run heavily against retention of Rose Bird as Chief Justice. Pluralities favor confirmat - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian's lead over Bradley drops to 11 percentage points (Release) - Mervin D Field

McCarthy ahead of Curb by three percentage points in seesaw lt. governor race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Prop. 65 getting increased voter attention with supporters having big edge (Release) - Mervin D Field

Growing tide of "no" votes on Prop. 102 puts outcome in doubt (Release) - Mervin D Field

Most California motorists admit to speeding on freeways but don't want 55 mph limit raised (Release) - Mervin D Field

Large majority of motorists admit to exceeding 55 M.P.H. speed limit (Release) - Mervin D Field

McCarthy, Davis, Van de Kamp and Eu leading in Lt. Governor, Controller, Attorney General and Secretary of State races (Release) - Mervin D Field

Both Cranston and Wilson seen as doing a good job (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians highly approving of Reagan, Deukmejian, Cranston, and Wilson job performances (Release) - Mervin D Field

Continuing strong sentiment against retaining Rose Bird, plurality now against confirming Reynoso, weakening prospects for Grodin's retention (Release - Mervin D Field

Public's job performance ratings and inclinations to vote for Van De Kamp, Cory, Honig, Eu, Unruh and McCarthy (Release) - Mervin D Field

Where Californians stand on a variety of issues that will bear on this year's presidential election (Release) - Mervin D Field

Bradley falls further behind Deukmejian in governor's race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Reagan, Deukmejian, Wilson maintaining very positive job performance ratings. Appraisal of Cranston dips (Release) - Mervin D Field

McCarthy continues to lead Eu in Deomcratic senatorial race: Wilson's lead over these two Democratic leaders has narrowed (Release) - Mervin D Field

Insurance reform initiatives Props. 100, 103 and 106 generating majority support. Negative response to Prop. 104. Prop. 101 vote divided (Release) - Mervin D Field

Sharp moderation in public's negative view of Jerry Brown. Expectation that he would do a good job if he returned to politics (Release) - Mervin D Field

Slippage in public's appraisal of Deukmejian's job performance: Wilson's ratings remain quite favorable : no change in public's view of Cranston (Rele - Mervin D Field

Passage of Prop. 103 a good thing, but public is skeptical that insurance rates will go down (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big increase in negative sentiment against Prop. 51 during recent weeks (Release) - Mervin D Field

Plurality of sentiment continues to run against Rose Bird's confirmation (Release) - Mervin D Field

Consumer confidence in California remains at a very high level: Large majorities say they plan to spend as much or more on Christmas as they did last - Mervin D Field

Favorable image ratings for six Democrats aiming for higher office (Release) - Mervin D Field

Overwhelming public support for random drug testing (Release) - Mervin D Field

Many Californians see commercial air travel as less safe today than five years ago (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voter sentiment fluid and uncrystallized in next year's A-G, Lt. Governor and State Treasurer races (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public believes it is still a man's world. However, strong feeling on the part of both women and men to improve the status of women (Release) - Mervin D Field

Large majorities continue to approve of unrestricted abortions during the first trimester. Medi-cal abortion payments to indigent women still favored - Mervin D Field

Public evenly divided on surrogate motherhood; however, large majorities believe that a surrogate mother should not be allowed to break agreement and - Mervin D Field

Majority of California voters favor giving $700 million state surplus to schools rather than rebate: Sentiment to modify Gann Amendment increasing (Re - Mervin D Field

Bush maintaining lead in GOP presidential nomination race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian widens lead over Bradley in governor's race (Release) - Mervin D Field

Tradition and public sentiment does not favor a congressman being elected president (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters continue to be strongly opposed to retaining Rose Bird on state Supreme Court. Increase in pluralities favoring retention of other justices (Re - Mervin D Field

Despite a record number of almost 10.3 million Californians casting ballots, the proportion of citizens voting will be the lowest since 1924 (Release) - Mervin D Field

Underlying public attitudes toward some tax and government spending matters relating to two June ballot measures designed to alter Gann appropriation - Mervin D Field

GOP U.S. Senate race: Herschensohn and Zschau, pulling far ahead of pack, are neck-and-neck leaders during final week of campaign. Extremely unbalance - Mervin D Field

As voter awareness increases, support remains strong for Prop. 51, deep pockets initiative (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public believes that doctor bills and hospital costs are unreasonable. Many low income people do not avail themselves of needed health services becaus - Mervin D Field

Initial sentiment in favor of Prop. 95 (housing and nutritional assistance), Prop. 97 (Cal-OSHA), Prop. 98 (school funding) and Prop. 99 (cigarette an - Mervin D Field

Voters evenly divided on gas tax boost: Oppose excluding transportation outlays from spending limit, [and] favor bond issue for mass transit (Release) - Mervin D Field

Bush's margin over Dole declines among Republicans, Robertson and Kemp trail, Robertson appeals strongly to GOP evangelicals but still only a minority - Mervin D Field

Early measurements of candidate awareness and preferences in next year's Attorney General, State Treasurer, Lt. Governor and Sec'y of State races (Rel - Mervin D Field

Dukakis moves to front of Democratic pack in California, Jackson slips as Gephardt gains, Hart support plummets, Cuomo appeal still very strong (Relea - Mervin D Field

More Californians would pick Nixon rather than Carter or Ford for an important foreign relations post (Release) - Mervin D Field

By a five to three margin, voters still opposed to retaining Rose Bird (Release) - Mervin D Field

Props. 71 and 72 not generating much voter interest (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big drop in Californians' rating of state as a place to live (Release) - Mervin D Field

No change in the relatively highly job performance ratings achieved by Reagan, Deukmejian, Cranston and Wilson (Release) - Mervin D Field

Crystallized voter sentiment now running heavily against Prop. 61, the new Paul Gann initiative which would cap state employee salaries (Release) - Mervin D Field

Strong opposition to Rose Bird continues, confirmation of all other justices favored (Release) - Mervin D Field

Supporters outnumbering opponents of Prop. 63, the measure that would declare English the state's official language (Release) - Mervin D Field

Decline in voter approval margin of Prop. 99, cigarette tax increase initiative (Release) - Mervin D Field

Strong initial support for five June statewide bond proposals (Release) - Mervin D Field

Drug use, homeless, traffic congestion, education rank high with crime, pollution/toxics as state's most pressing problems (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson's lead over McCarthy narrows to 14 percentage points (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian continues to get good overall job marks. However, on a number of issues his ratings are relatively unfavorable (Release) - Mervin D Field

Dole as GOP V.P. nominee adds most strength to ticket. Howard Baker, Deukmejian, Kirkpatrick and Kemp also seen as strong V.P. assets (Release) - Mervin D Field

Cranston-Zschau locked in very close race for the U.S. Senate (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters prefer that party candidates for governor and lt. governor run separately rather than as a ticket (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson maintains substantial lead over McCarthy despite increase in size of undecided voter group (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big increase in favorable perceptions Democrats have of Jackson and the effects of his candidacy (Release) - Mervin D Field

Declining levels of support for Props. 95, 97, 98 and 99 (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson leads McCarthy by 14 points among registered voters and 16 points among likely voters (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson enlarges lead to 19 points over McCarthy (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson continues to maintain substantial lead over McCarthy (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voter sentiment continuing to run strongly against Prop. 61 (Release) - Mervin D Field

Deukmejian continues to get favorable overalll job rating. Seen as doing a good job in seven specific issue areas but scores poorly on toxic chemicals - Mervin D Field

Increasing negative voter sentiment agaist insurance reform initiatives. Prop. 103 clings to slim lead (Release) - Mervin D Field

Quayle hurts GOP presidential chances (Release) - Mervin D Field

Bush's job performance not measuring up to expectations, Deukmejian's favorable image declines (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters and non-voters like idea of allowing independents to vote in either major party primary election (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson bests Feinstein, Van de Kamp and Davis in simulated 1990 general election trial heats (Release) - Mervin D Field

Non-candidate Cuomo ahead of Democratic field of presidential possibilities: Jackson, Dukakis and Schroeder lead among announced candidates (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians dissatisfied with media in presidential election night reporting: Supports banning projections and favors uniform poll closing (Release) - Mervin D Field

Big increase in gun-owning households. Gun owners feel safer having a gun and believe it reduces their chance of being a crime victim (Release) - Mervin D Field

Illegal drug use, AIDS and crime top public concerns (Release) - Mervin D Field

Majority opposes laws which would make it more difficult to get an abortion (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson and Van de Kamp leading in 1990 gubernatorial primary races: Wilson ahead of Van de Kamp and Feinstein in simulated general election match-ups - Mervin D Field

Still majority support for Props. 95, 97, 98 and 99, but negative trend on the increase for all measures except Prop. 97 (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters largely uninterested and unaware of legislative redistricting matters (Release) - Mervin D Field

While public still has a very positive view of the initiative process, there is considerable support for some changes in the system (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public skeptical that passage of Prop. 103 will reduce auto insurance rates, wide open race in next year's insurance commissioner election (Release) - Mervin D Field

Large majority of California public continues to support pro-choice position on abortion (Release) - Mervin D Field

[California public opinion on water resources] (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public thinks Jerry Brown will do a better job as Democratic state chairman than he did as governor (Release) - Mervin D Field

Only small proportions of the public can name their congressional, state senate or assembly representative (Release) - Mervin D Field

Wilson strongest GOP gubernatorial candidate, [and] Feinstein, Van de Kamp, McCarthy close together in preferences among Democrats (Release) - Mervin D Field

Strong support for prisoners working for pay (Release) - Mervin D Field

Four Democratic 1990 gubernatorial possibilities-- Feinstein, Honig, Van de Kamp and Davis well known and highly regarded (Release) - Mervin D Field

Public most concerned about air travel safety but are not flying less (Release) - Mervin D Field

Sharp increase in opposition to offshore oil drilling, majority opposes building more nuclear power plants (Release) - Mervin D Field

Five bond proposals are favored by voters, but low turnout could effect election outcome (Release) - Mervin D Field

Most disagree with court's Webster decision, public even more disposed to favor first trimester abortion rights, heavy support for Medi-Cal abortion f - Mervin D Field

Strong support among Democrats and Republicans for moving up California's presidential primary election from June to March (Release) - Mervin D Field

Voters express sharply differing perceptions of Dukakis' and Bush's strengths and weaknesses (Release) - Mervin D Field

Initial support for Props. 71 and 72 which would change Gann spending limits, but not many voters aware of the measures (Release) - Mervin D Field

Increased voter support for June 1990 traffic congestion relief and spending limitation ballot proposal (Release) - Mervin D Field

Californians foresee a serious water shortage: Support building more water storage supply facilities but want conservation steps explored first and gu - Mervin D Field

Public more disposed to tax itself for needed public services (Release) - Mervin D Field

Dukakis leads Jackson by a 57% to 28% margin among California Democrats (Release) - Mervin D Field

Taking care of homeless seen as a high importance issue. Large majorities willing to pay $10 a year in additional taxes to provide food and shelter (R - Mervin D Field

Voter confusion, doubt and uncertainty creating a high degree of negative reaction to each of five competing auto insurance reform initiatives (Releas - Mervin D Field