CA: Final Field Poll shows Democratic sweep of statewide offices.
In the closing days of an unusually lackluster election campaign, Democrat Jerry Brown appears headed for a resounding re-election victory, to what would become his fourth term as California’s Governor.
The final pre-election Field Poll completed earlier this week finds Brown enjoying a 21-point preference advantage, 54% to 33%, over his Republican opponent Neel Kashkari. Since the June open primary in which Kashkari finished second and earned the right to challenge Brown in the November general election, Brown has maintained large double-digit leads over Kashkari ranging narrowly from 16 to 21 points.
The latest poll also finds that in the six other partisan statewide election contests to be decided next week – Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Controller, State Treasurer, Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner – the Democratic candidate holds the lead over the Republican by margins ranging from seven to thirteen points.
The closest statewide candidate race, and the one which voters appear to be having the hardest time coming to judgment, is the non-partisan election for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The latest Field Poll finds incumbent Tom Torlakson running even with challenger Marshall Tuck. According to the poll 28% of likely voters are supporting Torlakson and 28% are backing Tuck. However, greater than four in ten likely voters (44%) were undecided.
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