The new survey of the California gubernatorial race from Public Policy Polling (D) gives Democrat Jerry Brown a five-point lead over Republican Meg Whitman.
The numbers: Brown 47%, Whitman 42%. In the previous PPP survey from all the way back in late July, Brown led by 46%-40%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3.8% margin of error.
Other polls recently have given Whitman the lead — thus the TPM Poll Average puts her ahead 46.2%-44.5%. However, there might be some actual movement in Brown’s favor, such as a Fox News poll today that showed the race as a tie after Whitman had previously been ahead just last week.
In this PPP poll, Brown’s personal favorable rating is at only 42%, with 45% unfavorable. However, Whitman is even worse at 35%-49% — a sign of possible over-saturation with the voters after she beat the record for the biggest self-financing candidate ever.
Eric Kleefeld
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