PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government (PPIC Publication)

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government (PPIC Publication)
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Nicole Willcoxon

January 2010

Full Report[PDF] Press Release[HTML]  Read in Spanish

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

 Time Trends of Job Approval Ratings: 
   President Obama
   Governor Schwarzenegger
   California State Legislature
   U.S. Congress
   Senator Boxer
   Senator Feinstein

 

 Mood of Californians: 
   General Direction of Things in California
   Economic Outlook for California

 

 Time Trends for the Mood of Californians: 
   General Direction of Things in California
   Economic Outlook for California

 

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