From: hooker@aristotle.ils.mwu.edu ( BOB HOOKER)
Subject: Re: Poll: Clinton 21 points over Bush in California
Organization: ILS
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:09:19 GMT

In article <pollU2SF605ap@clarinet.com>, clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
writes:
> 
> 	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Democrat Bill Clinton holds a 21-point lead over
> President Bush in a statewide poll of registered voters in California.
> 	The survey of 1,330 registered California voters conducted Thursday
> through Sunday by The Los Angeles Times shows Clinton with 57 percent,
> Bush 36 percent, 5 percent undecided and 2 percent saying they would
> vote for somebody else.
> 	When independent businessman Ross Perot was added to the mix, Clinton
> still led by 21 points -- 49 percent to Bush's 28 percent -- with 17
> percent for Perot, 5 percent undecided and 1 percent saying they would
> vote for somebody else. Even though Perot has dropped his bid for the
> White House, his name remains on the California ballot.
> 	The poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
> 	The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll of 611 likely voters
> conducted Wednesday through Sunday showed Clinton leading Bush 54
> percent to 39 percent. When Perot was added to the Post-ABC poll,
> Clinton's lead dropped to 45 percent to 33 percent, with 16 percent for
> the Texas billionaire. The survey has a margin of error of 4 percentage
> points.
> 	California's recession had a major impact on voter sentiments in the
> Los Angeles Times poll. Asked whether things in California were 
> ``generally going in the right direction or are they seriously off
> track,'' 85 percent picked the ``wrong track,'' while only 10 percent
> said the ``right direction.''
> 	On a national scale, 64 percent said things in the nation would
> improve significantly with Clinton as president, compared with 41
> percent who said things would improve if Bush were re-elected.
> 	Clinton was regarded as the candidate who ``would do the better job
> of promoting economic prosperity,'' by 51 percent to 34 percent for
> Bush. Clinton was thought to be the best prospect for ``providing
> affordable health care for most Americans'' -- 65 percent to 15 percent
> for Bush.
> 	Fifty-seven percent said Clinton would be the best bet for the
> environment, while 22 percent picked Bush.
> 	However, Bush pulled ahead of Clinton in foreign affairs, with 60
> percent favoring Bush and 26 percent going with Clinton. And although
> Bush has taken some heat for breaking his ``no new taxes'' pledge, 43
> percent said he would do ``the better job of holding down taxes,''
> compared with 33 percent for Clinton.
> 	Clinton has gained in the eyes of Californians with 58 percent giving
> him a favorable rating and 31 percent an unfavorable, compared with 43
> percent favorable rating last May. by contrast, 58 percent had an
> unfavorable impression of Bush, 39 percent favorable and only 39 percent
> approve of the way Bush is handling the presidency, while 58 percent
> disapprove. Last December, slightly more Californians approved than
> disapproved of Bush's job performance.
> 	Vice President Dan Quayle received a 60 percent unfavorable-31
> percent favorable rating, while Clinton's running mate, Sen. Al Gore of
> Tennessee, while less well known, received a 47 percent favorable, 14
> percent unfavorable rating, with 39 percent not sure.
> 
> 
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