WC's Republican Poll on Issues

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

The second half of the polling we released today is was designed to determine the dominant issues among Republican primary voters in California. We wanted to take the temperature of likely voters on Feburary 5th and see if they felt the Republican candidates were speaking to those issues. Mellman produced this polling memo analyzing the data.

Our recent statewide poll reveals that while terrorism and the war in Iraq are dominant issues among Republican primary voters in California, they are far from voters’ only concerns. Nearly one third of the state’s GOP primary voters believe that their family’s income is falling behind the cost of living, and a substantial block of voters emphasize affordability and quality of life concerns, including protecting Social Security and health care. While the state’s Republican primary voters report hearing a great deal from the candidates about the war in Iraq and terrorism, most say they have heard little if anything from the candidates about other topics important to determining their vote, such as protecting Social Security. The vast majority of the Republican primary electorate supports a larger government role in fixing health care, improving education, and reducing global warming and dependence on foreign oil.

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