Question: (ORDER OF NEXT TWO QUESTIONS AND CANDIDATE NAMES ARE ROTATED) If the November 2006 general election for governor of California were being held today and the candidates were were Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican and Steve Westly, the Democrat, for whom would you vote, Schwarzenegger or Westly? (INCLUDES LEANERS)

Schwarzenegger 40%
Westly 50%
Someone Else 1%
Don't Know 9%

Question: If the November 2006 general election for governor of California were being held today and the candidates were Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican and Phil Angelides, the Democrat, for whom would you vote, Schwarzenegger or Angelides?
(INCLUDES LEANERS)

Schwarzenegger 45%
Angelides 46%
Someone Else 1%
Don't Know 8%


About this Poll
The Times Poll contacted 1,994 adults in the state of California by telephone May 20 through May 25, 2006. Among them were 1,542 registered voters, of which 836 were deemed likely to vote in the June 6th primary (including 424 voters deemed likely to vote in the Democratic primary and 343 in the Republican primary). Likely voters were determined by a screening process which included questions on intention to vote, certainty of vote, first time voter, interest in the campaign, absentee voting and past voting history. Telephone numbers were randomly selected from among a list of all exchanges in the state, allowing contact with both listed and unlisted numbers. Multiple attempts were made to contact each number. Adults in the entire sample were weighted slightly to conform with census proportions for sex, ethnicity, age, education, region, and the Secretary of State’s report of party registration. The margin of sampling error for all adults, registered and likely voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points; for Democratic and Republican primary likely voters it is plus or minus 5. For certain other subgroups, the error margin may be somewhat higher. Poll results may also be affected by factors such as question wording and the order in which questions are presented. Interview were conducted in both English and Spanish.