PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Nicole Willcoxon

September 2010

Some findings of the current survey:

• A majority of Californians favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrant workers.
• Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman are tied among likely voters in the race for governor.
• Incumbent U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer leads challenger Carly Fiorina by 7 points.
• Slightly more than half of likely voters favor Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana use. /ul>

  Job Approval Ratings:
  President Obama [PDF]
  Governor Schwarzenegger [PDF]
  California State Legislature [PDF]
  U.S. Congress [PDF]
  Senator Boxer [PDF]
  Senator Feinstein [PDF]
  Their Own State Legislators in the Assembly and Senate [PDF]
  Their Own Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives [PDF]

  Time Trends of Job Approval Ratings:
  President Obama [XLS]
  Governor Schwarzenegger [XLS]
  California State Legislature [XLS]
  U.S. Congress [XLS]
  Senator Boxer [XLS]
  Senator Feinstein [XLS]
  Their Own State Legislators in the Assembly and Senate [XLS]
  Their Own Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives [XLS]

  Mood of Californians:
  General Direction of Things in California [PDF]
  Economic Outlook for California [PDF]
  Economic Outlook for the United States [PDF]

  Time Trends for the Mood of Californians:
  General Direction of Things in California [XLS]
  Economic Outlook for California [XLS]
  Economic Outlook for the United States [XLS]

  This survey was supported with funding from The James Irvine Foundation.