PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Nicole Willcoxon
January 2010
Some findings of the current survey:
- Two-thirds of Californians would pay higher taxes to avoid cuts in K–12 funding.
- Seventy percent support spending cuts in prisons and corrections.
- Tom Campbell is ahead in the Senate primary race among Republican likely voters.
- Meg Whitman’s lead grows in the primary race for governor.
Job Approval Ratings:
President Obama
Governor Schwarzenegger
California State Legislature
U.S. Congress
Senator Boxer
Senator Feinstein
This survey is supported with funding from The James Irvine Foundation.