{"id":12212,"date":"2010-07-29T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-07-29T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T07:13:40","slug":"ppic-poll-shows-californians-actually-do-care-about-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/29\/ppic-poll-shows-californians-actually-do-care-about-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"PPIC Poll Shows Californians Actually Do Care about the &#8220;Weather&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"198\" align=right><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/F3opch_q4M0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>Remember back to early June when <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/greenhouse\/post\/2010\/06\/carly-fiorina-calls-climate-change-the-weather\/1\">Carly Fiorina called climate change &#8220;the weather&#8221;<\/a>? Well, it seems that while Carly might have impressed the GOP base with that message, it&#8217;s not really a winning message for the general electorate.<\/p>\n<p>PPIC just released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=949\">&#8220;Californians and the environment&#8221; poll<\/a>, and while the numbers could be better for Boxer, who is leading Fiorina by a 39-34 tally, there is still a lot to like here. &nbsp;A few tidbits:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Weather<\/b>: Two-thirds (67%) favor AB 32. However, 42% would favor Prop 23&#8217;s goal of holding off until we hit better job figures(53% oppose). Of course, this is why Dan Logue&#8217;s measure plugs in this ridiculous 5.5% unemployment number for several quarters. He wants to kill AB 32, but doesn&#8217;t want to say that flat out. &nbsp;So, he&#8217;ll use some artificial threshold (actually below what most economists consider to be equilibrium for unemployment) and put lipstick on that pig.\n<p>In the end, even the lipstick is only producing a modest uptick.<\/li>\n<li> <b>More Climate Change<\/b>: Also of concern to Logue must be the numbers of Californians that think AB 32 will not hurt our jobs numbers. 45% think it will result in more jobs, with only 23% saying fewer jobs. &nbsp;Further, 48% of Californians say the state isn&#8217;t doing enough to combat climate change (52% for the feds). This electorate flat out does not look prepared to overturn AB 32.<\/li>\n<li> <b>Carbon Tax<\/b>: It turns out that most people haven&#8217;t heard the details of the proposals. But when they do, they know how the world really works. &nbsp;After hearing brief descriptions of cap and trade and a carbon tax, 60% said they would support the carbon tax, with only 50% supporting the cap and trade.\n<li> <b>Off-shore Drilling<\/b>: Rather unsurprisingly, this is where Mother Nature made her biggest public opinion gains. &nbsp;Most Californians now oppose more offshore drilling (59% oppose, 36% favor)-a 16-point increase in opposition from last year (43% oppose, 51% favor). Also coming from the land of Obvious, very few people trust the government&#8217;s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, PPIC also did some political numbers. I mentioned Boxer&#8217;s 39-34 lead, but Brown also holds a small lead at 37-34. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll have to say that these numbers should start concerning Whitman soon. &nbsp;Brown hasn&#8217;t really done much to combat all of her TV spending, and he&#8217;s still got himself in a decent position. &nbsp;When Brown goes up, you have to figure these numbers only move in his direction. Oh, and the state still really dislikes Arnold (25% approval) and the Legislature (15%).<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of work to do not only for November, but also for the greater theme of protecting the environment. But, all in all, I am rather encouraged by these numbers. &nbsp;If we are able to muster some sort of a field campaign, California might just end up as a bright spot for Democrats in the 2010 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"198\" align=right><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/F3opch_q4M0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/F3opch_q4M0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"320\" height=\"198\" align=right><\/embed><\/object>Remember back to early June when <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/greenhouse\/post\/2010\/06\/carly-fiorina-calls-climate-change-the-weather\/1\">Carly Fiorina called climate change &#8220;the weather&#8221;<\/a>? Well, it seems that while Carly might have impressed the GOP base with that message, it&#8217;s not really a winning message for the general electorate.<\/p>\n<p>PPIC just released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=949\">&#8220;Californians and the environment&#8221; poll<\/a>, and while the numbers could be better for Boxer, who is leading Fiorina by a 39-34 tally, there is still a lot to like here. &nbsp;A few tidbits:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Weather<\/b>: Two-thirds (67%) favor AB 32. However, 42% would favor Prop 23&#8217;s goal of holding off until we hit better job figures(53% oppose). Of course, this is why Dan Logue&#8217;s measure plugs in this ridiculous 5.5% unemployment number for several quarters. He wants to kill AB 32, but doesn&#8217;t want to say that flat out. &nbsp;So, he&#8217;ll use some artificial threshold (actually below what most economists consider to be equilibrium for unemployment) and put lipstick on that pig.\n<p>In the end, even the lipstick is only producing a modest uptick.<\/li>\n<li> <b>More Climate Change<\/b>: Also of concern to Logue must be the numbers of Californians that think AB 32 will not hurt our jobs numbers. 45% think it will result in more jobs, with only 23% saying fewer jobs. &nbsp;Further, 48% of Californians say the state isn&#8217;t doing enough to combat climate change (52% for the feds). This electorate flat out does not look prepared to overturn AB 32.<\/li>\n<li> <b>Carbon Tax<\/b>: It turns out that most people haven&#8217;t heard the details of the proposals. But when they do, they know how the world really works. &nbsp;After hearing brief descriptions of cap and trade and a carbon tax, 60% said they would support the carbon tax, with only 50% supporting the cap and trade.\n<li> <b>Off-shore Drilling<\/b>: Rather unsurprisingly, this is where Mother Nature made her biggest public opinion gains. &nbsp;Most Californians now oppose more offshore drilling (59% oppose, 36% favor)-a 16-point increase in opposition from last year (43% oppose, 51% favor). Also coming from the land of Obvious, very few people trust the government&#8217;s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, PPIC also did some political numbers. I mentioned Boxer&#8217;s 39-34 lead, but Brown also holds a small lead at 37-34. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll have to say that these numbers should start concerning Whitman soon. &nbsp;Brown hasn&#8217;t really done much to combat all of her TV spending, and he&#8217;s still got himself in a decent position. &nbsp;When Brown goes up, you have to figure these numbers only move in his direction. Oh, and the state still really dislikes Arnold (25% approval) and the Legislature (15%).<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of work to do not only for November, but also for the greater theme of protecting the environment. But, all in all, I am rather encouraged by these numbers. &nbsp;If we are able to muster some sort of a field campaign, California might just end up as a bright spot for Democrats in the 2010 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[86],"tags":[629],"class_list":["post-12212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-86","tag-629"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3aY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}