Inside a San Franciso Chronicle story about Mayor Newsom inviting Governor Schwarzennegger to view the gay marriages, was a recent Field poll.
Meanwhile, as Schwarzenegger's opposition to San Francisco's same-sex marriages has stepped up, a new Field Poll, released Monday, showed that the governor did not have wide support in his position.When asked to rate his performance in nine specific policy areas -- on issues ranging from the economy to health care -- respondents gave Schwarzenegger his highest disapproval rating on matters related to same-sex marriage, with 42 disapproving, 39 percent approving and 19 percent voicing no opinion.
As expected, the strongest sentiment against the governor's position came from Democrats and from the Bay Area and Los Angeles, said the Field Poll's Mark DiCamillo. The firm added the question to the survey over the weekend -- halfway through the polling -- as the political debate over same-sex marriage heated up in California.
The poll shows that support for the governor is thin at best. The poll apparently didn't go into why the people disapproved. My assumption, however, is that the disapproval largely stems from his instructions to the California Attorney General to oppose Mayor Newsom.
Close on your assumption, but a little off. For me anyway. The recent sentiment of disapproval comes not from his instruction to Mayor Newsom but for his delay in issuing said instruction.
Posted by: tallglassofmilk | February 27, 2004 at 04:59 PM