Stanford/Hoover Institute Proposition Polls

UPDATE: Check out the PPIC’s more recent (and more realistic) poll.  Much better sounding for us…

A real mixed bag.  Note that the Hoover Institution is a conservative think tank on the campus of Stanford. Also Note: Knowledge Networks conducts their polling online but recruits their survey respondents using the phone.  Here’s a Press Release and here’s a PDF of the results.

A Stanford Uni./Hoover Institution poll; conducted
10/7-12 online by Knowledge Networks; surveyed 1,006 CA adults; margin of error +/- 3% (Business Wire, 10/18. Subsample: 459 likely voters; margin of error +/- 4.4%.

Schwarzenegger As Gov.?
 LVs All
Approve  37% 31%
Disapprove  51  59

That’s real standard Ahnold approval now.

As for the props:

PROPOSITION 73 — Parental Notification
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  54% 76% 39% 41%
No  46  24  61  59

PROPOSITION 74 — Teachers’ Tenure
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  49% 78% 26% 43%
No  51  22  74  57

PROPOSITION 75 — Political Contributions
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  70% 86% 59% 63%
No  30  14  41  37

PROPOSITION 76 — Limit State Spending
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  30% 49% 16% 23%
No  70  51  84  77

PROPOSITION 77 — Redistricting
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  50% 70% 30% 55%
No  50  30  70  45

PROPOSITION 78 — Prescription Drugs
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  59% 57% 59% 64%
No  41  43  41  36

PROPOSITION 79 — Prescription Drugs
Yes  58% 62% 54% 57%
No  42  38  46  43

PROPOSITION 80 — Electric Service
 All GOP Dem Ind
Yes  37% 42% 31% 41%
No  63  58  69  59

It’s looking good on 76, but rather shaky on several others, especially 75.  We really need to focus on giving 75 a chance.  Now, the polling numbers from all the different polling companies are wildly different, but the fact remains that there is a lot of work yet to be done.