ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EASILY WINS THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IF ELECTION IS HELD TODAY;
OUTDISTANCING HIS NEAREST RIVAL BY 10%
Sat Aug 09 2003 18:00 ET
California voters would remove Governor Gray Davis from office by a margin of 54% to 35%, if the election were held today, according to a new TIME/CNN Poll.
Arnold Schwarzenegger would lead the field of candidates to replace Davis with 25 percent, if the election were held today. His closest rival is Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamanate, with 15 percent.
Trailing were State Sen. Tom McClintock (9%), former candidate for governor Bill Simon (7%) and (tied with 4%) Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, columnist Arianna Huffington, and former Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein would beat Schwarzenegger to replace Davis, 22 percent to 20 percent, if she had been a candidate, according to the TIME/CNN survey. The TIME/CNN Poll, conducted Aug. 8, surveyed 508 registered California voters by telephone. The margin of error is +/- 4.3%.
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