On June 3, the Field Poll released this California U.S. Senate primary poll. The results: Kamala Harris 30%, Loretta Sanchez 14%, Phil Wyman 4%, Tom Del Beccaro 4%, Greg Conlon 4%, Duf Sundheim 3%, Ron Unz 3%, Gail Lightfoot 3%, other Republican candidates 2%, all other candidates 6%, undecided or not voting 27%.
Among the listed candidates, Harris and Sanchez are Democrats. Gail Lightfoot is a Libertarian. All the others mentioned are Republicans.
In April and May, news organizations sponsored two U.S. Senate debates, and invited only Harris, Sanchez, Del Beccaro, Sundheim, and Unz. They based their decision to invite just these five candidates on polls that only mentioned these five candidates. Naturally, those polls said those five candidates had the most support; the result was pre-ordained. It is amazing that the new Field Poll shows that three candidates who were not invited have equal or greater support than some of the candidates who were invited. One would have thought that the publicity from those two televised debates would have put the included candidates above all others, but that is not true.
Why did the polls only mention those 5 candidates? Is it because the polls were paid for by those candidates?
It was probably asked as part of the presidential poll and if they read all 35 names over the phone, most people would hang up.
When the list of candidates is so long, the polls need to be in written form. Even if you use telephone calls to select voters with internet access, those with a copy of their ballot on hand or willing to have the list sent to their cell phone, the long list has to be viewable. It would be interesting to know who funds the poll. Probably not the less well known candidates.
Mark Herd Libertarian is a dangerous individual. He is a psychotic sociopath who will say or do anything to make money or get attention. He has been arrested and committed to a psycho ward. I think he did porn as well. Arrested several times for various crimes like dui. He makes a living collecting signatures and misrepresents at that.
Remember don’t vote for him for CA senate. This is another one of his Vanity campaigns