Okay, we’re well over 400 days out from the primary show downs in the California Governor’s race. That said — all reporters love to write about polls, and two of them are out. There is a Field Poll that is written about extensively in the Sacramento Bee. And Democrat pollster Celinda Lake has done a survey that is referenced by Politico’s Ben Smith and can be reviewed here.
Both surveys reinforce the idea that Dianne Feinstein, should she seek to move from her lofty perch in the United States Senate and over to the California Governor’s Office, would hold a commanding lead.
In the Field Poll, Meg Whitman shows very strong, with Poizner trailing behind her (Tom Campbell does pretty well, but at this stage is running a low-budget campaign…) — but with most GOP voters undecided.
On the Democrat side, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be touting the Field Poll, which shows him pretty close to Attorney General Jerry Brown in a hypothetical primary match up.
Our take is that it is fun to read these kinds of early polls — but it is so far from these primaries that they don’t hold too much significance at this point. Of course, to those that feel they can articulate a good showing in either of them — look for the blast faxes and emails today!