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October 06, 2003

And the envelope please

Here are the final results of the major independent polls that have surveyed California voters on the recall. The date of the last night of polling is in parentheses. The replacement results are listed in this order: Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, McClintock.

Source
Field (Oct. 1) 57-39; 36-26-16
Los Angeles Times (Sept. 29) 56-42; 40-32-15
Knight Ridder/NBC (Oct. 4) 54-41; 37-29-15
CNN/USA Today (Sept. 27) 63-35; 40-25-18
Survey USA (Oct.. 5)* 57-43; 46-34-13
Chamber of Commerce (Sept. 25) 53-41; 35-31-17
Knowledge Networks/Hoover (Oct. 4)** 59-41; 43-30-13

The Public Policy Institute of California, usually a major source on California public opinion, last polled on Sept. 17 and is thus not reliable at this stage in the race. For the record, the poll had the recall winning 53-42 with Bustamante leading Schwarzenegger 28-26 and McClintock at 14.

*Survey USA uses a unique form of polling with recorded voices asking the questions.
**This is an online poll using a random sample.