Last week, David Binder Research released a new poll for the California gubernatorial race. It shows two Republicans in first and second place. The only candidates with at least 10% are: Chad Bianco 17%, Steve Hilton 14%, Katie Porter 11%, Eric Swalwell 11%.
Also last week, Public Policy Polling completed a gubernatorial poll commissioned by Democratic candidate Katie Porter. It shows the top four are: Bianco 18%, Hilton 17%, Porter 14%, Swalwell 11%. The poll is not on PPP’s website but the New York Times mentioned it on February 3.
Any poll that limits the respondent’s choices to just that of the Democrats and Republicans, when there are at least somewhat notable minor party or Independent candidates also on the ballot, is not an unbiased or credible poll. Butch Ware was recently endorsed by Nina Turner; he’s probably outpolling several of the Democrats mentioned in this poll, but they’ve excluded him.
June is a long ways away. I thing somehow,someday, there will be at least one Democratic in November. Maybe two of them.
“I thing somehow,someday, there will be at least one Democratic in November. Maybe two of them.”
Maybe. But how will that be accomplished in practice? It won’t be by a Democratic primary where all of them get to vote on their preferred nominee. It will be by a cabal of contributors and party elitists meeting behind closed doors to broker a nominee. A “smoke filled” room (what kind of smoke among Democrats you will have to guess) without even the benefit of a nominating convention.
Most of the votes will be cast in May. The primary is June 2 but postal ballots will be sent to all voters starting on May 2.
DEADLINE DATE FOR CANDIDATES BALLOT ACCESS — NOM PETS ??? FILING FEES ???
Deadline is mid-March.
ENOUGH EATING PETS!
I like Top One.