LA Times: California's best years have passed, voters say

[marmar]

California's best years have passed, voters say
In a survey of 1,500 registered voters, 80% say the state is on the wrong track. Respondents express little confidence in state politicians and candidates, even as support for Obama remains high.

By Cathleen Decker

November 8, 2009


Frustrated at California's woes, voters are sharply pessimistic about whether the next governor will be able to move the state in the right direction, and most believe California is in the midst of a long-term decline, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll shows.

Against that grim backdrop, next year's political contests loom as potentially volatile, but Democrats start out holding the upper hand, the poll found. President Obama retains his popularity in a state that gave him a landslide victory one year ago, with 60% approving of his tenure as president. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican struggling in the last year of his term, won the support of only a third of voters.

In the election to replace Schwarzenegger, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, the only major figure currently angling for the Democratic nomination, was seen favorably by more than 4 in 10 voters, and unfavorably by about one-quarter. His likely Republican opponents are much less known; none was seen favorably by more than 2 in 10 voters, the poll indicated.

There was little confidence that the next governor, whoever he or she may be, would be able to successfully battle California's problems. Voters were split over whether the winning candidate would be able to bring about "real change." More than half of voters said that California's problems are long-term in nature and will not ease substantially when the national economy recovers. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll8-2009nov08,0,958773.story

[hansberrym]

1. How can that be? We are the richest nation on earth!

We are the richest nation on earth! Why California alone, were it a country unto itself, would have a GDP rivaling the richest nations of the world!


We are the richest nation on earth! Why don't we just print lots of money and send big truckloads of cash to CA so those people don't feel bad anymore.

People should not have to worry in the righest nation on earth.

[Old Codger]

2. The USA's

Best years have passed, thi sonce great nation is now a 3rd world country and going down hill fast