Capitol Bureau reporter Peter Hecht in today breaks down new poll numbers that show,
Californians are thoroughly fed up with the state of affairs of the Golden State ... Yet by an overwhelming margin, voters don't believe (Gov. Arnold) Schwarzenegger should be recalled from office.
You can read Hecht's story by clicking here.
Looking inside the Field Poll numbers, nearly 60 percent of union members surveyed disapprove of Schwarzenegger's performance. About 50 percent of those who said they weren't part of a union gave the governor a thumbs down.
When asked if a recall election would be good or bad for California, a little over three quarters of union and non-union respondents said it's a bad idea.
The Field survey didn't tease out state worker responses. What would you have said if asked:
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Arnold Schwarzenegger is handling his job as Governor of California?
Some groups are trying to organize an effort to gather signatures to hold a special statewide election to ask voters whether or not they want to remove Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from office. Generally speaking, do you think holding a recall election of Governor Schwarzenegger would be a good thing or bad thing for California?
You can read the latest Field Poll and others going back more than a year by visiting our companion Web site, Capitol Alert.
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