Posted by James V. Lacy at 12:00 am on Mar 11, 2008 1 Comment
My friend Floyd Brown (of Willie Horton ad fame)
and I have established an independent expenditure committee that
will be involved in California and nationally in the presidential
election. The name of the group is National Campaign
Fund. We hired Adam Geller, a noted nationwide pollster based
in Princeton, New Jersey, through my firm Landslide Communications,
to conduct a statewide poll of voter attitudes towards the
presidential candidates in California, as a start to our
activities. A power point presentation on the poll results is
attached.
The poll was conducted February 26-27 and has a
4.38 % margin of confidence.
The poll includes a lot of detail on issues, but
herein I am including just the report on perceptions of
candidates.
According to our poll as of the end of February, in
California, Hillary Clintonhas a 55/42 favorable to
unfavorable ratio; Obama 64/31; and McCain 50/41.
In matchups, Hillary beats McCain 50/40; Obama
beats McCain 51/36.
The message that works best against Obama in
California is taxes. After the push questions, Obama’s lead
over McCain is cut by a third – 5… Read More